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Power and Power-Up Modes User Password field ■ Set (button) Click this button to register a password of up to 50 characters. After a password is set, you will be prompted to enter it when you start the computer. Check "Set the same string simultaneously as the HDD User Password" when setting the HDD User Password. ■ After you set the password, a dialog box will be displayed asking whether you want to save it to a floppy diskette or other media. If you forget the password, you can open the password file on another computer. Be sure to keep the media in a safe place. ■ When entering the character string to register the password, enter from the keyboard character by character and do not enter as ASCII code or copy-and-paste the character string. In addition, ensure that the registered password is correct by outputting the character string to the password file. ■ When entering a password, do not enter any characters (for example "!" or "#") produced by pressing the SHIFT or ALT keys and so on. ■ Delete (button) Click this button to delete a registered password. Before you can delete a password, you must first enter the current password correctly or insert a proper token. Please use BIOS Setup to change or delete the HDD Passwords or to set the HDD Master Password. ■ Change (button) Click this button to change a registered password. Before you can change a password, you must first enter the current password correctly or insert a proper token. Please use BIOS Setup to change or delete the HDD Passwords or to set the HDD Master Password. ■ Owner String (text box) You can use this box to associate text with the password. After you enter text, click Apply or OK. When the computer is started, this text will be displayed together with the prompt asking you to enter a password. ■ If you forget your HDD User Password, TOSHIBA will NOT be able to assist you, and your HDD will be rendered COMPLETELY and PERMANENTLY INOPERABLE. TOSHIBA will NOT be held responsible for any loss of any data, any loss of use or access to your HDD, or for any other losses to you or any other person or organization that result from the loss of access to your HDD. If you can't accept this risk, don't register the HDD User Password. ■ When saving the HDD User Password shut down or restart the computer. If the computer is not shut down or restarted, the saved data may not be correctly reflected. For more information on shutting down or restarting the computer, refer to Turning on the power in Chapter 1. Refer to Starting and Ending the BIOS Setup Program section in Chapter 7 for more information. User's Manual 6-12

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User’s Manual
6-12
Power and Power-Up Modes
User Password field
■
Set
(button)
Click this button to register a password of up to 50 characters. After a
password is set, you will be prompted to enter it when you start the
computer. Check "Set the same string simultaneously as the HDD User
Password" when setting the HDD User Password.
■
Delete
(button)
Click this button to delete a registered password. Before you can delete
a password, you must first enter the current password correctly or insert
a proper token. Please use BIOS Setup to change or delete the HDD
Passwords or to set the HDD Master Password.
■
Change
(button)
Click this button to change a registered password. Before you can
change a password, you must first enter the current password correctly
or insert a proper token. Please use BIOS Setup to change or delete
the HDD Passwords or to set the HDD Master Password.
■
Owner String
(text box)
You can use this box to associate text with the password. After you
enter text, click
Apply
or
OK
. When the computer is started, this text
will be displayed together with the prompt asking you to enter a
password.
■
After you set the password, a dialog box will be displayed asking
whether you want to save it to a floppy diskette or other media. If you
forget the password, you can open the password file on another
computer. Be sure to keep the media in a safe place.
■
When entering the character string to register the password, enter from
the keyboard character by character and do not enter as ASCII code or
copy-and-paste the character string. In addition, ensure that the
registered password is correct by outputting the character string to the
password file.
■
When entering a password, do not enter any characters (for example
"!" or "#") produced by pressing the
SHIFT
or
ALT
keys and so on.
■
If you forget your HDD User Password, TOSHIBA will NOT be able to
assist you, and your HDD will be rendered COMPLETELY and
PERMANENTLY INOPERABLE. TOSHIBA will NOT be held
responsible for any loss of any data, any loss of use or access to your
HDD, or for any other losses to you or any other person or organization
that result from the loss of access to your HDD. If you can’t accept this
risk, don’t register the HDD User Password.
■
When saving the HDD User Password shut down or restart the
computer. If the computer is not shut down or restarted, the saved data
may not be correctly reflected. For more information on shutting down
or restarting the computer, refer to
Turning on the power
in Chapter 1.
Refer to
Starting and Ending the BIOS Setup Program
section in Chapter 7
for more information.