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Jada Masa

I have a hardrive wich is protected with a password. I dont know the
password. The bios want let me in, because the password overrides the bios
and askes for the password.
What can I do to get rid of the password
 
Jada Masa said:
I have a hardrive wich is protected with a password. I dont know the
password. The bios want let me in, because the password overrides the bios
and askes for the password.
What can I do to get rid of the password
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The short story is that there are some
operations that can get around that, for a price.
 
Previously Jada Masa said:
I have a hardrive wich is protected with a password. I dont know the
password. The bios want let me in, because the password overrides the bios
and askes for the password.
What can I do to get rid of the password
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Depends. If it is a laptop drive from IBM, no chance. Apparently
these laptops are stolen so often that IBM stopped doing this
type of repair. They will not even replace the drive without
proof of purchase. And you will have to pay for a new drive
anyways.

Arno
 
Arno Wagner said:
Depends. If it is a laptop drive from IBM, no chance. Apparently
these laptops are stolen so often that IBM stopped doing this
type of repair.
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The chance exists. Not only IBM can unlock Travelstars ;-)

Leonid
 
Jada said:
I have a hardrive wich is protected with a password. I dont know the
password. The bios want let me in, because the password overrides the bios
and askes for the password.
What can I do to get rid of the password
Click to expand...

Social engineering is IMHO your best chance, since most passwords are
chosen by humans. If you created the PW and have merely forgotten it,
then think of the PWs you would choose today and try a bunch; if you
bought the HD from another, ask her what kinds of PWs she'd use.

OTOH, if you stole the HD, then I hope you fail.
 
Arno Wagner said:
O.K., you obviously know more about this than I do... ;-)
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Pity how that never shuts you up, beforehand.
Just shows how your info is usually not to be trusted.
 
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