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bussinessmenss · 15-10-07, 01:44 PM

My son in all his wisdom put a password on his hard drive. Gateway 7330GZ notebook. You guessed it, either he typed it wrong twice or just forgot it. Boot up screen says "Hard disc locked enter password"- As it is now, it makes a good paper weight. Any sugestions, Gateway support says to send it to them $$$$$ Trying to maybe do it ourselves. Please help!!!!!!!
Thanx

Cindy · 15-10-07, 04:37 PM

Hi bussinessmenss

This can be difficult as The password is written into the EEPROM on the drive by the BIOS Jumping the CMOS or Rebooting the BIOS usually wont work, I'm going to PM you on this one.

badbwy · 27-01-08, 03:05 AM

worth a try when asked 4 pass word keep pressing enter with boxes open empty keep doing this 4 sevaral times confuse system will ask you 4 new pass word press enter dont put any keys in pass word free its worth a try works 4 me trust me

yogi99 · 03-02-08, 02:32 PM

I would have thought the easiest (and maybe only) solution would be to just replace the hard drive.

15-10-07, 01:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
bussinessmenss Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hard drive locked My son in all his wisdom put a password on his hard drive. Gateway 7330GZ notebook. You guessed it, either he typed it wrong twice or just forgot it. Boot up screen says "Hard disc locked enter password"- As it is now, it makes a good paper weight. Any sugestions, Gateway support says to send it to them $$$$$ Trying to maybe do it ourselves. Please help!!!!!!! Thanx

15-10-07, 04:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cindy Computer Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Devon Posts: 767 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Hard drive locked Hi bussinessmenss This can be difficult as The password is written into the EEPROM on the drive by the BIOS Jumping the CMOS or Rebooting the BIOS usually wont work, I'm going to PM you on this one. __________________

27-01-08, 03:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
badbwy Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Hard drive locked worth a try when asked 4 pass word keep pressing enter with boxes open empty keep doing this 4 sevaral times confuse system will ask you 4 new pass word press enter dont put any keys in pass word free its worth a try works 4 me trust me

03-02-08, 02:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
yogi99 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 18 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Hard drive locked I would have thought the easiest (and maybe only) solution would be to just replace the hard drive.

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