Have debugged the Bios and bypassed thus far, can't move on from here - tried all the googled info I could find.
2006-08-28 00:10:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Some hard drives do indeed keep a separate password (different from the BIOS password). Unlike the average BIOS password, where cracking the case and moving a jumper or removing the battery for a few minutes will reset it, almost all the drives that support a password are pretty well designed - you're pretty much screwed if you don't have the password.
BIOS passwords were basically only designed to stop you from obvious monkeying around with a system - if it's in a cafe or a kiosk or a computer lab, a BIOS password means that to mess around with the system, you need to open the case, which will hopefully be noticed.
The passwords on hard drives are to protect the data even if the computer is stolen and somebody has all the time they want to poke around the hardware. As such, they're a *lot* harder to bypass.
Good luck.
2006-08-28 01:38:05 · answer #1 · answered by Valdis K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never heard anything like that in my entire life about a password that protected hard disk. Maybe you mean bios.
Bios - remove the battery, same like everyone in here.
2006-08-28 07:19:13 · answer #2 · answered by Answer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
remove the battery of bios and leave it for more than 5 minutes or to be sure make short circuit between the - and + of the battery place in the mother board
2006-08-28 07:15:21 · answer #3 · answered by gandalf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BIOS password-protect HD? Never seen such, run one of those Linux Live distro-on-CD and access HD via those systems.
2006-08-28 07:33:25 · answer #4 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually there are some harddisks that are password-protected.
refer to manual of the harddisk or contact manufacturer for help.
2006-08-28 08:08:38 · answer #5 · answered by ritziyap 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some programs out there that will do that.
2006-09-04 16:56:23 · answer #6 · answered by ryan484lav 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋