[. . . ] The following are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation: IBM, IBM PC AT, IBM PS/2. The following are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation: MS, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows NT. PCMCIA is a trademark of the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. LapLink Professional is a registered trademark of Traveling Software Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. [. . . ] Hardware Data Security Features When you are using your notebook built-in hardware control password to gain access to the notebook the actual password will not appear on the screen. The hardware control security parameters are set from the BIOS setup utility. (See BIOS Guide on page 44 for more information. ) Software Data Security Features The operating system and some applications have security features that are independent of the built-in hardware protection features that are controlled from the BIOS. See your software documentation for more information about these features. CAUTION Make sure you memorize your passwords, both hardware and software. If you forget, you may not be able to use the notebook, and you will have to contact your service provider and arrange to have them reset the hardware system password. See your software documentation for what to do if you forget your software security password(s). CAUTION Software security feature passwords may not be the same as the hardware security passwords. Be sure you know which features are controlled from software and which from hardware or you may lock yourself out of your own data or lock up your hardware and not be able to operate your notebook. DATA SECURITY Your LifeBook B Series has a built-in hardware control password security feature that allows you to protect the data stored in the notebook from unauthorized access. Your operating 42 LifeBook B Series from Fujitsu Using Your LifeBook B Series BOOT SEQUENCE Each time you power up or restart your LifeBook B Series, it goes through a quiet boot sequence that displays a Fujitsu logo until your operating system is loaded. During quiet boot, your notebook is performing a standard boot sequence including a Power On Self Test (POST). To access the ability to change the drive that will be used for finding the operating system, press the Esc key anytime while the Fujitsu logo is displayed. To enter the BIOS setup utility press the F2 key anytime while the Fujitsu logo is displayed. As soon as the Fujitsu Logo appears on the screen, press the F2 key. Change the date or time. (You can also do this without entering the setup utility, 44 LifeBook B Series from Fujitsu Using Your LifeBook B Series YOUR SAVE-TO-DISK FILE ALLOCATION Your notebook comes with an allocation of space on the internal hard drive adequate to operate the Save-to-Disk function for the amount of memory installed at the factory. If you add a memory upgrade module or do not use the Save-to-Disk function and wish to free up the disk space, you will need to change your allocation. The utility to change the allocations is PHDISK. EXE and is activated from the MS-DOS prompt. PHDISK allows you to perform five different functions related to the Save-to-Disk space on your internal hard drive. Find out details about the hard drive and the current Save-to-Disk space allocation. Re-allocate space and mark bad blocks in the space allocated to the Save-to-Disk function when a disk error has occurred. 5. Find out how much space is needed to perform the Save-to-Disk function with the current memory configuration and how much unused space is available on the internal hard drive. To find out how much space is needed to perform the Save-to-Disk function with the current memory configuration and how much unused space is available on the internal hard drive, do the following: 1. When the Fujitsu Logo appears on your screen press F8 immediately, before the Windows 98 SE banner appears on the screen. The screen will display the amount disk space needed to perform the Save-to-Disk function with the current memory configuration and how much space is being used by the existing Save-to-Disk file. [. . . ] A program which is part of the BIOS which checks the configuration and operating condition of your hardware whenever power is applied to your Computer. Status and error messages may be displayed before the operating system is loaded. If the self test detects failures that are so serious that operation can not continue, the operating system will not be loaded. Program An integrated set of coded commands to your computers telling your hardware what to do and how and when to do it. [. . . ]