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    Locked harddrive. What to do? jft00

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by olve, Dec 6, 2008.

  1. olve

    olve Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi everyone!
    I ran a program to wipe my harddrive earlier today, from ultimate bootcd.
    Now, however, when i try to start my computer, i just get the bios splash-screen, and then a message where it says:

    Harddisk Security

    Primary Master FUJITSU MHW2120BJ G2Lock.

    Seems my harddrive has been password-locked, because when i press enter, i can write a password.

    What could have happened here, and how can i fix it?

    Does anyone know how i can reset the bios? I have done that several times on a standard computer via the jumpers, but never on a laptop.
    The pc is a JFT00.

    Thanks!

    -Olve
     
    olve, Dec 6, 2008
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    It's usually like, impossible to unlock a drive like that. The only solution is to figure out the password... or get a new hard drive.
     
    Hep!, Dec 6, 2008
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  3. olve

    olve Notebook Enthusiast

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    Please tell me your kidding!
    How could it just go into lockdown like that?
    I dont get it!
     
    olve, Dec 6, 2008
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  4. olve

    olve Notebook Enthusiast

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    I dont know if its the bios or the hdd that is locked. it says that it is the primary master, but i cant even access the bios!
     
    olve, Dec 6, 2008
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  5. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Best to contact Compal. Their service personnel have utilities to unlock HDDs and BIOSs, which they do not give out to customers/end-users.
     
    Andy, Dec 6, 2008
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  6. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Yep. Also his thread is closed since any threads dealing with bypassing security measures for any reason are prohibited by the forum rules.
     
    Kdawgca, Dec 6, 2008
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