"a.draper" wrote:
>
> a.draper wrote:
> >><snip>
> >>
> >>
> >> If the HD password has been set you will have to get a new
> >> HD.
> >>
> >> 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
> >
> >
> > 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.

The hard drive password is "attached" to the hard drive, itself.

A new drive should get you up and running.

Good Luck!

Notan