Anybody ever heard of a hard drive password...?

[sillymofo]

And how to get around it? Dell.

 

[PanzerIV]

Hard drive password? You sure you don't mean a BIOS password?

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
Hard drive password? You sure you don't mean a BIOS password?

That's what I said, but the guy say that it's a hard drive password that's set by the BIOS. And if it's to be unlocked, some one has to contact Dell and get a password that's generated by Dell.

 

[ojai00]

I think that's what you'll have to do. I remember reading that somewhere in the Dell manuals before. The hard drive password does not let anyone access the hard drive unless the person has the password.

 

[sillymofo]

Ok.. after some more research, I came up with the problem. Apparently, the password is written into EEPROM of the fcuking hard drive. Now the hard part is trying to figure out how to read it and crack it.

 

[Twista]

Ya my friend gave me a p2 350mhz (a college gave away the pc) the hard drive has a password on it and nothing clears it! I think i just used it as slave since i couldnt get it to boot!

 

[The Stigenator]

i think you can flash the hard drive and clear it.

 

[Pepsi90919]

fdisk /mbr

 

[Renob]

I work for Dell, if you call tech support in a few min they can have you a password.

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: Renob
I work for Dell, if you call tech support in a few min they can have you a password.

Nah... my boss just walked over to development and they cracked it. Apparently, the laptop belong to a guy that they fired last Friday.

 

[Renob]

How did they crack it?

 

[MrScott81]

Originally posted by: Renob
How did they crack it?

they knew the password, but just wanted to sound cool by saying they "cracked" it.

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: MrScott81

Originally posted by: Renob
How did they crack it?

they knew the password, but just wanted to sound cool by saying they "cracked" it.

Probably, but, if they can read the EEPROM, they might. These are EnCase developers you're talking about.