From: Helge M. Olsen (helge_at_ear.wox.org)
Date: Wed Aug 07 2002 - 14:50:20 EDT
Hi.
It turned out that I needed to cold boot the machine, enter the password followed by a single space and press enter. That cleared the harddisk password. A friend of mine who used to work at IBM Norway told me this on the phone today.
/Helge
----- Original Message -----
From: "Helge M. Olsen" <helge_at_ear.wox.org>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>; "Steve C." <stevec50_at_yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: 560 Z - harddisk password
> Why didn't I think of that... I'll try that tomorrow. Thanks.
>
> /Helge
>
> > I would guess that you need to set the Admin password
> > first before you can access the HD password. Have you
> > tried that? It seems logical.
> >
> > --- "Helge M. Olsen" <helge_at_ear.wox.org> wrote:
> > > Hi all.
> > >
> > > I have a thinkpad 560z, which I am very happy with.
> > > There is only one thing that annoys me. When my 560X
> > > crashed (mainboard error), I bought a 560z and moved
> > > the disk from the 560 X. It is password protected,
> > > and there doesn't seem to be a way to remove or
> > > change this password. When I enter easysetup and try
> > > to change the passowrd it's "greyed" out and
> > > unselectable. I'd like to reset the password, since
> > > I don't need to use it anymore. Any suggestions?
> > >
>
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