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    Gateway p-7805u Bad hdd password after flashing

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by mcsiq, Nov 30, 2010.

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    Hello everyone,

    I have big problem, after i made bios flash (from http://forum.notebookreview.com/gateway-emachines/303626-official-gateway-78xx-series-fx-bios-9c-05-00-thru-9c-17-00-a.html i used v27 version) i found out my HDD password is no longer valid.
    Firstly i thought that bios wasn't installed successfully, but when i removed both of my HDD i can get to the BIOS (also using the same old password, and everything seems to be OK with bios). I have two HDDs one had password and had not. When i remove password protected HDD pc is reaching default gateway pre-bot (or whatever it is called) system.

    I've already tried to get some help in nootebook services, but I'm from Poland and anyone who sees `Gateway` logo is scared to death, and don't want do anything.

    I'm thinking about another bios flashing, to newer or older version but i don't want to get it worse... I totally don't know what to do, this HDD is mega important for me...
     
    mcsiq, Nov 30, 2010
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