This section will guide you through the recovery of your volume should something go wrong. I’ve tested this product for possible conflicts with all kinds of hardware and software to insure that you have no problems. If, for some reason, you do have a problem with MacPassword™ not working properly upon Startup, follow these instructions to recover and then send in a bug report (as detailed above) to help me fix the problem.
Registered Version Recovery Procedure
As a registered owner of MacPassword‚Ñ¢, you have received the MacPassword‚Ñ¢ Utility program on the distribution disk I sent you which will easily help you to recover your volume. Please follow these instructions:
(1) Copy the “MacPassword™ Utility” program to a separate startup floppy disk containing a System folder (Note, use System 6.x.x even if you are running System 7.x.x on your hard disk!). Now rename to to something shorter… like “MP Utility” and use the “Set Startup” command in the Finder (found under the “Special” menu) to make it the startup application on that floppy disk. Also make sure you have selected the “Finder” and not “MultiFinder” in that same “Set Startup” dialog and restart your Macintosh using that disk.
Note: Make sure you have properly used “Set Startup” as described above or you will not be able to recover your volume!
(2) When your Macintosh is restarted, you will find yourself in the MacPassword™ Utility program facing a dialog stating it “Can’t find the !MacPassword™ file”. Click in the “OK” button and use the standard file dialog to locate the “!MacPassword™” file in the System folder on your protected volume. Once the file is located, you will see the same password dialog you normally face when you log on to your protected volume. Please enter your correct password at this time. If correct, the program will continue and display a window and some menus.
(3) There are two options in the menu titled “Utilities” that you need to use. First off, choose the option called “Unprotect Volumes…”. Then select the one called “Turn MacPassword™ OFF”. This will cause MacPassword™ not to load and run when you restart your main volume after this recovery procedure. Upon a successful recovery you will see a dialog informing you that all your volumes have been recovered.
(4) Choose the “Quit” option from the “File” menu and you should find yourself back at the Finder Desktop with all your previously protected volumes recovered.
“Demo” Version Recovery Procedure
For “Demo” users, your may follow these simple instructions to recover:
(1) Restart your Macintosh from a floppy disk.
(2) Copy an application (any program will do) from the floppy disk to your hard disk that contains MacPassword‚Ñ¢.
(3) Hold the OPTION and COMMAND keys down while you double-click on the application that you copied to your hard disk.
(4) Quit out of that application and you should see that your hard disk is the currently active volume (as indicated by seeing that your hard disk’s icon is the top-most in the column of volume icons on the Desktop).
(5) The last step is to choose the Control Panel desk accessory and select the MacPassword™ icon. Now enter your password and deactivate MacPassword™ by making sure the checkbox labeled “Activate MP” is turned off.
(6) Finally close the Control Panel window and choose ‘Restart’ from the Finder’s Special menu. Your system will now Startup without MacPassword™ active and the volumes and folders specified in MacPassword™ will now be unprotected.
