Re: [Fwd: Re: Passwords.]

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From: Bill Morrow - http://thinkpads.com (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Wed Oct 07 1998 - 13:35:33 EDT

Adam..
just THIMK about what you just suggested..
reinstate the partition table..!!??

Adam Quantrill wrote:
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> My vote is that they encrypt the partition table. You would only have to reinstate a partition table in the clear to read the data with no problems.
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> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Fwd: Re: Passwords.]
> Author: MIME:Matthew Tebbens <matthew_at_tebbens.com> at INTERNET
> Date: 07/10/98 16:45
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> No all the data on the HD is NOT encrypted when you set the HD password.
>
> BUT, its probably held on the HD electronics somewhere. I don't think IBM would overlook someone takeing the HD and putting it in a new system.
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> On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Adam Quantrill wrote:
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> > I can't believe that all the data on the hard disk is encrypted when you set the hard disk password. It must therefore be in the clear and therefor readable on a different computer that ignores the password.
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> > Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Passwords.]
> > Author: MIME:Matthew Tebbens <matthew_at_tebbens.com> at INTERNET > Date: 07/10/98 16:25
> > > > > > Hmmm thats an idea, re-flash with same/newer bios !? > > > On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Curtis B. Wayne wrote:
> > > > [NON-Text Body part not included]
> > > Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 11:10:15 -0400 From: Curtis B. Wayne <wapcarc_at_ibm.net>
> > To: Alban Gerd Kellerbauer <alban_at_hep.physics.mcgill.ca> Subject: Re: Passwords.
> > > This from one of our thinkpad user guides: > > re: Power-on Password
> > > "Do Not Forget Your Password!
> > > If you have forgotten your power-on password, you cannot reset it. You have to take the computer to an IBM authorized reseller or IBM marketing representative to have the password canceled. Proof of purchase is required, and an additional
> charge might be required for this purchase." > > from another 'puter's guide:
> > > re: Hard-Disk Password
> > > " If you forget your hard-disk password, there is no way to reset the password or recover data in the hard disk drive. Neither IBM nor an IBM authorized dealer can make the hard disk drive usable."
> > > I suggest you return the computer to the seller and have THEM undertake this time and expense.
> > > I believe the BIOS must be flashed for the power-on password, and possibly the HDD is toast if the password is that kind.
> > > Nice to know how to ruin someone's day with just a few keystrokes. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------
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