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Mac OS 9: Password Security Protects One Partition Only

  • Last Modified: September 17, 2003
  • Article: TA26316
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Does the Password Security control panel protect my whole computer?

Products Affected

Mac OS 9.0

You can use the Password Security control panel to require that a password be entered to start up your PowerBook. If you have formatted your internal hard disk so that it has more than one partition, only the startup partition will be password-protected. Additionally, if more than one partition has a System Folder, your computer may start up from a non-protected partition.
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