Toshiba Portege R205-S209 User Guide - Page 184

184 Toshiba Utilities Hard disk drive passwords 4 Press the spacebar, then type in your user password and press Enter. 5 If you want to change the password, input the new password. 6 When System Setup prompts you to verify the password, type it again and press Enter. If the two passwords match, System Setup displays: Registered. If the two passwords do not match, an error message appears. Repeat steps 5 and 6 to enter the password again. 7 If you want to delete the user password, leave the password field blank and press Enter twice. System Setup displays: Not Registered. 8 Press End to save the change. 9 When System Setup prompts you to confirm your change, Press Y. Setting a hard disk drive master and user password in System Setup Make sure you choose a hard disk drive master password you can remember easily. If you set a hard disk drive user password and later forget the password or lose your password diskette, you will need to enter the hard disk drive master password in order to access your hard disk. To register master and user passwords in System Setup: 1 Click Start, then click Shutdown, and click OK. The computer shuts down. 2 Hold down the Esc key and press and hold the power button until the on/off light on the system indicator panel illuminates (blue) for approximately one second. When