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Setting your Password 1. Click Security Settings 2. Enter and re-enter a Password Your password must contain at least six characters and one digit. You may also choose a secret question (from the list provided) and type in the answer. If you do not want to choose a secret question and answer, go to step 5. 3 3. Choose a Secret Question. 4. Enter and re-enter an answer to the question. 5. Click Apply. 6. Click Confirm. 7. Click Close. Changing your Password 1. Click Security Settings. 2. Click Change Password. 3. Enter your current Password. 4. Click Continue. 5. Enter a new password following steps 2 - 6 in Setting your Password. Disable Security If you decide you want to disable the password you created, follow these steps: 1. Click Security Settings. 2. Click Disable Security. 3. Enter your current Password. 4. Click Apply. 5. Click Close. The default setting for the security setting is disabled. Erase Drive If all attempts to recover your password fail and you need to erase your drive, follow these steps: 1. Click Security Settings. 2. Click Erase Drive. 3. Click Confirm. 4. Click Yes. The erase process may take up to two hours or more, depending on your operating system. Do not turn off your computer or your drive during the erase or formatting process. 5. After the erase process is complete, turn off your drive and turn it back on. The Format Drive window will appear. 6. Click Format. Windows 98SE/ME: An operating system window will appear with the message: 'Proceed with format? (Y/N).' Type Y on your keyboard and press the Enter key. The formatting process may take up to two hours or more, depending on your operating system. 57

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3
Sett
i
ng your P
a
ssword
1.
Click
Se
c
ur
i
ty Sett
i
ngs
2.
Enter and re-enter a
P
a
ssword
Your password must contain at least six characters and
one digit.
You may also choose a secret question (from the list
provided) and type in the answer. If you do not want to
choose a secret question and answer, go to step 5.
3.
Choose a
Se
c
ret Quest
i
on.
4.
Enter and re-enter an
a
nswer
to the question.
5.
Click
Apply
.
6.
Click
Conf
i
rm
.
7.
Click
Close
.
Ch
a
ng
i
ng your P
a
ssword
1.
Click
Se
c
ur
i
ty Sett
i
ngs
.
2.
Click Change Password.
3.
Enter your current Password.
4.
Click
Cont
i
nue
.
5.
Enter a new password following steps 2 - 6 in Setting
your Password.
D
i
s
a
ble Se
c
ur
i
ty
If you decide you want to disable the password you created,
follow these steps:
1.
Click
Se
c
ur
i
ty Sett
i
ngs.
2.
Click
D
i
s
a
ble Se
c
ur
i
ty.
3.
Enter your current
P
a
ssword.
4.
Click
Apply.
5.
Click
Close.
The default setting for the security setting is disabled.
Er
a
se Dr
i
ve
If all attempts to recover your password fail and you need to erase
your drive, follow these steps:
1.
Click
Se
c
ur
i
ty Sett
i
ngs.
2.
Click
Er
a
se Dr
i
ve.
3.
Click
Conf
i
rm.
4.
Click
Yes.
The erase process may take up to two hours or more,
depending on your operating system.
Do not turn off your computer or your drive during the erase
or formatting process.
5.
After the erase process is complete, turn off your drive
and turn it back on.
The Format Drive window will appear.
6.
Click
Form
a
t
.
W
i
ndows 98SE/ME
: An operating system window will
appear with the message:
‘Pro
c
eed w
i
th form
a
t? (Y/N).’
Type
Y
on your keyboard and press the
Enter
key.
The formatting process may take up to two hours or more,
depending on your operating system.