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Keeping Your Files Safe
Hard disk drive passwords - Windows 2000
choose to set a hard disk drive master password, you must set
it before you set a hard disk drive user password.
HINT: The hard disk drive shipped with your computer may
not support the master password feature. When you attempt
to set master password protection, your computer may alert
you that this feature is not supported by your drive. If this
happens and you want to establish a master password for
your hard disk, contact your network administrator for
instructions.
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.
To set a hard disk drive master password:
1 Connect your diskette drive. For instructions, see
“Connecting an external diskette drive” on page 64 or
“Inserting a module into the Slim SelectBay®” on
page 73, depending upon the type of diskette drive you have.
2 Click Start, then click Run.
3 In the Run box, type:
c:\toshiba\hddpwd32 and press Enter.
The Hard Disk Drive Password program HDDPWD32
displays a warning screen.
4 To set a hard disk drive master password, type
2 and
press
Enter.