From: Rob Bell (RobDBell_at_netscape.net)
Date: Sat Feb 23 2002 - 12:37:14 EST
The password cannot be removed without knowing the password. The drive
is just a paperweight without the password.
Ask the person who set the password to remember it. Any responsible
person who took the care to protect their data with a password would
have taken the effort to record it.
There are stock answers to the typical excuses:
Excuse: I bought it from someone who didn't tell me there was a password.
Response: Ask them for the password. If they can't provide it then
return it.
Excuse: I bought it as-is.
Response: Guess you should have asked if it was working and password
protected. Live and learn.
Excuse: I set the password but forgot it.
Response: Tough. Guess you learned a lesson to be more responsible, huh?
Excuse: One of our employees returned the system with a password on it
but didn't give us the password.
Response: Companies have records... find the person and get the
password. If they have forgotten it, then the company can write off the
drive as damaged or take the cost of a new drive out of the employee's
paycheck.
Bottom line: The password is there for a reason. You can't defeat it.
Either you've purchased the disk without doing your research and
learned a harsh lesson or you've stolen it and learned that crime
doesn't pay.
Have a nice day!
Rob
janos6662000_at_yahoo.com wrote:
> Does anybody know how to remove the Hard disk password from an IBM HDD?
>
> I tried many solutions, but none works.
>
> In a system i can find the supervisor password which is usually the HDD
> pass also, but i have a HDD without a laptop.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
>
> Janos
>
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