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Keeping Your Files Safe
Hard disk drive passwords
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If the two passwords match, System Setup displays:
Registered
. If the two passwords do not match, an error
to enter the
password again.
7
If you want to delete the user password, leave the space
blank and press
Enter
twice. System Setup displays:
Not
Registered
.
8
Press
End
to save the change.
9
When System Setup prompts you to confirm your
change, press
Y
.
Setting a hard disk drive master and user password in
System Setup
Make sure you choose a hard disk drive master password you
can remember easily. If you set a hard disk drive user
password and later forget the password or lose your password
diskette, you will need to enter the hard disk drive master
password in order to access your hard disk.
To register master and user passwords in System Setup:
1
Click Start, then click Shutdown, and click OK.
The computer shuts down.
2
Hold down the
Esc
key and press and hold the power
button until the on/off light on the system indicator panel
illuminates (green) for approximately one second. When
the following message appears on the screen: “Check
system, Then press [F1] key,” press
F1
.
The System Setup screen appears.
3
Press
H
to move to the HDD PASSWORD section on the
screen.
