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On Wed, 15 Mar 1995, Adam Wilkinson wrote: > > How about this. What if you have a password set up on the Hard Drive > > itself? Does anyone know how to get that off if you don't have the > > password? Utilize the sledge hammer method? :) > > > > Randall > > According to IBM, if you forget the password on a hard drive, it's > time to buy a new hard drive. There is no way to override it. Given that the drive is just a 2.5 drive and there is no additional electronics, that's gotta be a load of hooey. Probably there's a bit or something set when the password is installed that the laptop checks for. It can't be stored on the computer because it has to keep the drive safe on OTHER computers. There may be sufficient encryption on the thing to protect it (doubt it) but there's no doubt in my mind you could pop the case and make it drive 2 on a desktop and reformat it.