Toshiba 9100 User Guide

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Keeping Your Files Safe
User-level passwords
A supervisor-level password that protects system settings by 
restricting who can make changes in Toshiba Utilities and 
System Setup. This is useful if more than one person is using 
the computer.
A hard disk drive password that protects your data by 
requiring a password when you try to access the hard disk, 
whether it’s in your computer or in another system. You can 
set a hard disk drive user password and/or a hard disk drive 
master password.
User-level passwords 
The user-level password is the basic level of password security. 
You can use it as both a power-on password and an instant 
password. For most users, this is all the password security you’ll 
need.
You can set (register) a user-level password in either Toshiba 
Hardware Setup or System Setup. If you use System Setup 
however, you can also create a password service diskette which 
can be used to bypass the password function when starting your 
computer. Once you have used the diskette, you must reset your 
password and create another password service diskette.
CAUTION: Make sure you use a password you can 
remember easily. If you ever forget your password, contact 
your network administrator.
A good way to prevent forgetting your password is to create a 
password service diskette. Refer to 
 for instructions.
Setting a user-level password 
You can set a user-level password in Hardware Setup or in System 
Setup.