User`s guide

The BIOS Setup Program
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Using Backup Password
It is highly recommended that you save backup your Admin. Password to a floppy
diskette. To backup the password:
1. Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into the notebook’s floppy disk drive.
2. From within the BIOS Setup Program’s Security Menu, move the highlighted
cell to Backup Password and press <Enter>.
3. The password has successfully been backed up to the floppy. This is a hidden
file.
4. Remove the floppy from the drive, label it and then store it in a safe place.
Please see Chapter 7 for tips on floppy disk care.
To use the password backed up on floppy, please refer to the following:
1. For the purpose of this illustration, we have assumed that you have set
Password on Boot to enable.
2. Upon booting, the system will prompt you for the password. Insert the
password floppy into the notebook’s floppy disk drive.
3. Type in the word “floppy” and press <Enter>. The system will continue with
its boot.
4. When prompted to by the system, press F2 to enter the BIOS Setup Program.
Enter the Security Menu and first delete the existing password by following
the steps outlined in the section labeled Deleting Admin. Password.
5. After deleting the password, create a new one and back it up to a blank,
formatted floppy disk.