SPONSORED LINKS
On Sun, 07 Jul 1996 15:56:34 -0400, you wrote: >Robert Dewar wrote: >> >> "I have a thinkpad 750Cs. I added a 1M hard-drive on to it. >> the problem is that I had a password for the hard drive which >> I dont remember. I have been told that the hard drive is now >> useless. IS there some way I can remove the password and reclaim the >> hard drive ? Has anybody had sucess with this ?" >> >> One would certainly hope that the drive is useless if you have >> forgotten the password, otherwise what use is a password? > > > Point taken. However there is a power on password > and IBM support/service can fix that. I am hoping that there is > way to fix the hard drive password problem too rather than trash > the hard drive. > >-- >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Randi Singh randi@imonics.com > In the olden days DR DOS had the ability to password protect a HD. The password was stored somewhere in track zero. Low level formatting the drive removed password protection. Of course LL formatting an ide drive isn't a walk in the park either. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ <christij@unix.asb.com> 423B78C80FEA5495 CF64AD5F214797DE http://www.asb.com/usr/christij 95E3789C5679C4D7 03210B57E76FE66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I am for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole. - Malcolm X