Saved Bookmarks
| 1. |
Solve : hard drive password / HELP? |
|
Answer» I have a laptop that has a hard drive password, but don't what it is.. when the computer boots , it goes to a white screen asking for hard drive password.. how can I get PASS this password.. can someone help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pleaseYou'll need to get the password from the previous owner of the laptop...is there any way to bypass the password? I bought it at a yard sale.....It may be possible to get past the password. (It depends on several things.) hard drive password 6. What is the exact wording of the error message? There is no backdoor METHOD for hard drive passwords. If you got it at a yard sale chances are your cash outlay was not that high...i'd start looking at replacement hard drives or contact a repair facility.Why do people buy these used laptops? The one described at the start of this thread would not be much use even as a gift. One possible problem with used laptops bought from an untraceable stranger in a non-commercial setting is that he or she may or may not be the legal owner of the machine. Even if they are, they may be less than totally open about its condition. (!) I would certainly want to see it running and would also want to see BIOS and hard drive passwords shown to me and also used and verified in front of me before I parted with any cash. If not, I would consider it a scrap machine to use for parts only, and would value it according to that, and also consider its age and spec. (I wouldn't buy a used laptop like this anyway.) The legal owner should be aware of these issues and ready to address them for you. Otherwise all sorts of problems can arise. Not much use to the OP I guess, but worth bearing in mind. The last person who asked me to unlock his newly "bought" used laptop (I didn't) is now in jail. You can get some hard drives unlocked by PAYING a fee, $100 is a typical sum, to a data recovery service. The following is on a website I found. Some laptops provide a utility to lock a hard disk with a password. These passwords are not the same as BIOS passwords. Moving a locked hard disk to another machine will not unlock it, since the hard disk password is stored in the hard disk firmware and moves with the hard disk. Also, adding a new (unlocked) hard disk to a locked machine may cause the new hard disk to become locked. Also, note that hard disk lock passwords cannot be removed by reformatting the disk, fdisk or any other software procedure (since the disk will not allow any reads or writes to the disk, it cannot be reformatted.) You can test to determine if your hard disk is locked by attempting to access it in another laptop. GREAT additional info there Dias.... I was too tired to swim thru my notes. |
|