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    cant seem to take of my old hdd's password from the bios

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Gordyboyuk, Dec 8, 2009.

  1. Gordyboyuk

    Gordyboyuk Notebook Evangelist

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    i have a wd 500gb sata drive for the machine in my sig but i replace it with an ssd a while back

    i cant seem to get the password removed from the hard drive so i can use it with my army of external caddies and docks

    any any ideas?

    oh i do know my password as i can still boot into the drive when its in the machine , but for some reason it wont work through the esata port ....
     
    Gordyboyuk, Dec 8, 2009
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    winks2872 Notebook Consultant

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    have you tried re flashing the bios? the PW should be wiped then....
     
    winks2872, Dec 8, 2009
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    Gordyboyuk Notebook Evangelist

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    im pretty sure iv upgraded the bios on this thing since i put the password on it

    i will give that a try but im sure bioses these days are protected from that sort of thing , they tend to save your settings in the bios unless they do a full wipe before flash
     
    Gordyboyuk, Dec 8, 2009
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