Toshiba 8000 series, User Manual

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Part II: Technical Reference
Keeping Your Files Safe
Using a password in Windows NT Workstation 4.0
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A warning screen appears and asks you to confirm that you
want to use this optional security feature. Once you set a hard
disk drive password, forgetting the password renders the hard
drive inoperable.
5 To continue, click OK .
To exit without setting a password, click Cancel .
6 The Toshiba Hard Drive Password Utility dialog box
appears. Click on the box next to the readme file, then click
OK .
The readme file appears, which explains in detail the
difference between the Master and User password features.
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.
7 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.