Notan wrote:
> "a.draper" wrote:
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>>a.draper wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>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
Ok, now I'm really revealing my ignorance, but if it boots to the black
password screen without any hard drive at all, won't it do so with a new
one as well? Thanks to every one who replied. Didn't mean to be a PITA.