Toshiba 8100 User Guide

Part II: Technical Reference

Keeping Your Files Safe
Hard disk drive passwords - Windows NT

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Setting a Master password allows the Master password user to
bypass the User password.

CAUTION: Make sure you choose a hard disk drive
password you can remember easily. If you set a password
and later forget the password or lose your password diskette,
YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO ACCESS YOUR HARD DISK
AGAIN.

Toshiba will not be held responsible for any loss of data, any
loss of use or access to your hard disk drive, or for any other
losses to you or any other person or organization that results
from the loss of access to your hard disk drive.

When you are done reading the readme file, click OK to
return to the dialog box.

Not all drives allow you to set Master passwords. The text
box within the dialog box shows you if your drive enables
you to set a Master password.

If you choose to set a Master password, you must set it before
setting a user password. To set a Master password you may
also use the following steps which describe how to set a user
password.

Click the User button.

A drop down box appears which lists all available hard drives.
When you first buy your machine there should be only one
hard drive listed.

Click Register.

The Register Password dialog box appears, listing all the
unregistered hard disk drives available for password
assignments.