Toshiba PORT - Manual (Page 170)

170 Keeping Your Files Safe
Setting a hard disk drive master password
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Setting a hard disk drive master password
CAUTION: If you choose to set a hard disk drive user password,
we strongly recommend that you set a hard disk drive master
password as well
.
If you set a hard disk drive user password and later forget the
password or lose your password diskette, YOU WILL NEVER BE
ABLE TO ACCESS YOUR HARD DISK AGAIN, unless you’ve set a
hard disk drive master password.
NOTE: If you want to set a master password and your system
already has a user password, you must first remove the user
password
.
To set a hard disk drive master password:
1 Click Start, then click Run.
2 In the Run box, type:
c:\Program Files\toshiba\Windows Utilities\HDDPWM\HDDPWM and
press Enter .
The Hard Disk Drive Password program HDDPWM
displays a warning screen.
3 To set a hard disk drive master password, read the
warning and click
OK.
To quit without setting a password, click Cancel.
4 To set a hard disk drive master password, click Register/
Update, then Update.
A master password warning will appear.
5 Read the warning and click Yes to continue setting the
password, or No to cancel.