摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing system capable of utilizing effectively the other area not password-authenticated while protecting a specified area in a hard disk drive by password authentication. SOLUTION: This information processor is provided with an external storage device having an access-limited area allowing access when a password is authenticated correctly, and an access area accessible irrespective of the authentication of the password, the password is registered preliminarily in a registration server, an input of the password is requested to a user when accessing the access-limited area, a password acquisition program for acquiring the password from the registration server is read from an access non-limited area, when the password is not input, the password is acquired from the registration server by operating the password acquisition program, and the acquired password is authenticated in the external storage device to set the access-limited area to an accessible state. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |