If you forget your HDD User Password, TOSHIBA will NOT be able to assist you, and your HDD will be rendered COMPLETELY and PERMANENTLY INOPERABLE. TOSHIBA will NOT be held responsible for any loss of any data, any loss of use or access to your HDD, or for any other losses to you or any other person or organization that result from the loss of access to your HDD. If you can’t accept this risk, don’t register the HDD User Password.
When saving the HDD User Password shut down or restart the computer. If the computer is not shut down or restarted, the saved data may not be correctly reflected. For more information on shutting down or restarting the computer, refer to Turning on the power.
Supervisor PasswordIf you set a Supervisor Password, some functions might be restricted when a user logs on with the User Password. To set a Supervisor Password:
Desktop
This utility lets you do the following:
Register or delete the Supervisor Password.
Specify restrictions for general users.
Starting the computer by passwordIf you have already registered a user password, there is one way to start the computer:
Enter the password manually.
The password is necessary only if the computer was shut down in Hibernation mode or boot mode, not in Sleep mode and Restart.
To enter a password manually, follow the steps as detailed below:
1.Turn on the power as described in the Getting Started section. The following message will appear in the screen:
Enter Password
At this point, the function keys do not work. They will function after you enter the password.
2.Enter the Password.
3.Press ENTER.
If you enter the password incorrectly three times in a row, or if you don’t enter the password within 1 minute, the computer shuts off. In this case, some features that can power on the computer automatically
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