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Hi everybody!
I have a laptop and it has a HDD Password, but i forgot the password. I was wondering what can i do to take the password off or to format it.
I have a laptop and it has a HDD Password, but i forgot the password. I was wondering what can i do to take the password off or to format it.
Hello,
You can re-install windows, and during the initial setup, be sure to kill the partition, and create a new partition. I would make it a slightly different size, so that the OS is forced to re-partition and update the disk tables. Then install windows.
I hope that you do not have any data on here that needs to be rescued.
But I am also wondering if this is a special password, or the general Windows 2000 login screen that you are referring to. If that is the case, then if you have the administrator account information, you can login as the administrator and change the password in there within the Computer Management administration tool.
Christian
You can re-install windows, and during the initial setup, be sure to kill the partition, and create a new partition. I would make it a slightly different size, so that the OS is forced to re-partition and update the disk tables. Then install windows.
I hope that you do not have any data on here that needs to be rescued.
But I am also wondering if this is a special password, or the general Windows 2000 login screen that you are referring to. If that is the case, then if you have the administrator account information, you can login as the administrator and change the password in there within the Computer Management administration tool.
Christian
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Originally Posted by romj3115
Hi everybody!
I have a laptop and it has a HDD Password, but i forgot the password. I was wondering what can i do to take the password off or to format it.
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Originally Posted by dlh6213
Is this a Dell laptop? If so, you can contact them and they'll give you a password to unlock it if you can offer them sufficient proof that you are, in fact, the owner of this laptop. This may be true with other makes as well, but Dell is the only one I know for sure.
Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379
Well i try to reinstall windows but i won't let me since it has the HDD Password. When it turns on that's the first thing that ask. That's not the password that you put in windows as different users or administrator. That's the Hard Disk Drive, if that's what HDD means.
Also is a Gateway Solo.
Also is a Gateway Solo.
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if HDD Password= A 3rd pardy password software !
http://www.soft32.com/download_25507.html
If this is the case then you may need to Fdisk ,and format the harddrive to solve the problem ,Me thinks
http://www.soft32.com/download_25507.html
If this is the case then you may need to Fdisk ,and format the harddrive to solve the problem ,Me thinks
Linux boot cd http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
links to Free MS software and online services
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links to Free MS software and online services
http://lexusbluetooth.letstalk.com/p...iew=1&model=LS
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Can you move the drive to another computer and try to format it there.
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. - Albert Einstein
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Originally Posted by alc6379
True as this is, Dell's not going to be able to get past an Administrator password. It's key to know exactly what password we're talking about here.
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Originally Posted by caperjack
if HDD Password= A 3rd pardy password software !
http://www.soft32.com/download_25507.html
If this is the case then you may need to Fdisk ,and format the harddrive to solve the problem ,Me thinks
I went to the link you posted and all I saw were programs to use a password, not remove one. If there is a program out there to remove this type of password, I'd sure like to have it!
BTW, a HDD is excellent protection for a laptop in case it gets stolen, but as shown here, you can't forget it! The HDD can be replaced and the computer will still be useable, but no one can get to your data.
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Maybe you can but in another computer and format it with Partion Magic or Acronis. Its worth a try. Or I saw this link on another forum http://rockbox.haxx.se/lock.html. Besides that you may have yourself an expensive paperweight.
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. - Albert Einstein
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