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    Kingston SSD is now locked????

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Silvr6, Feb 13, 2010.

  1. Silvr6

    Silvr6 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have an Asus n10J and recently put a Kingston SSD Now V into it. Put windows 7 ultimate on it. No problems everything was running fine for about a week. Then the other day I go to boot it up and it says "hdd has been locked enter password or hit "esc" to enter master password"

    I've tried every password I could think of, reset the bios and nothing seems to do it. I put the drive in an external enclosure hoping to format it, and while windows will see it in disk managenemt it can't do anything to it. Any ideas before I RMA it?
     
    Silvr6, Feb 13, 2010
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Did you try not entering a password?

    I think you should RMA it unless you need your files.
     
    moral hazard, Feb 13, 2010
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  3. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Any chance that someone has played a trick on you?
     
    namaiki, Feb 14, 2010
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  4. Padmé

    Padmé NBR Super Pink Princess

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    We do not allow discussion of this type per forum rules.

    * Discussion of cracking passwords or bypassing security measures is not allowed.

    So I need to close this.
     
    Padmé, Feb 14, 2010
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  5. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    Try Partition Wizard to delete the partition.

    I had a partition that I could not remove with Disk Management and I removed it with Partition Wizard.

    If that doesn't work you should RMA it.

    And Padmé is right, you can't discuss bypassing passwords here. It's ok if you want to discuss deleting partitions though.
     
    Phil, Feb 14, 2010
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