a.draper wrote:
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>> If the HD password has been set you will have to get a new
>> HD.
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>> Try clearing the password with the drive removed. Its generally
>> easy to get out with IBM thinkpads. New drives are cheap enough and
>> removing a disk password is theoretically possible
>> but I haven't managed it yet.
>>
>> There are data recoveery companies with a solution but the cost
>> is a lot more than a new drive.
>> --
>> Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com
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> Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a try. As I stated, I'm not
> interested in the data,I just hated the idea of throwing away a
> perfectly good 30g HD. I was concerned if I bought a new HD something in
> the BIOS might render it unusable. I'm not very technical, but working
> on something that is basically usable is very liberating.If I do get a
> new HD should it be the identical model as the old one?

You were certainly right about how easy is was to remove the HD- one
screw. I popped it out and tried booting without HD, but still get black
screen password logon. Does that mean I might as well junk the whole
thing? C'est la Vie.