User`s 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 “Setting a user-level
password in System Setup” on page 183 for instructions.
Setting a user-level password
You can set a user-level password in Hardware Setup or in System
Setup.