If you forget your HDD/SSD User Password, TOSHIBA will NOT be
able to assist you, and your internal storage drive 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 internal storage drive, or for any other losses to you or
any other person or organization that result from the loss of access to
your internal storage drive. If you cannot accept this risk, do not
register the HDD/SSD User Password.
When saving the HDD/SSD User Password shut down or restart the
computer. If the computer is not shut down or restarted, the saved
data might not be correctly reflected. For more information on shutting
down or restarting the computer, refer to
.
Supervisor Password
If you set a Supervisor Password, some functions might be restricted when
a user logs on with the User Password. To set a Supervisor Password:
Click
Password Utility
under
TOSHIBA
group in
All apps
, and click
Supervisor Password
.
This utility lets you do the following:
Register or delete the Supervisor Password.
Specify restrictions for general users.
Starting the computer using a password
If 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. It is not needed in Sleep mode and
Restart.
To enter a password manually, do the following:
1.
Turn on the power as described in the
section. The
following message appears in the screen:
Password =
At this point, the function keys do not work. They will function after you
enter the password.
2.
Enter the Password.
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