Hard drive password - how to get around?

[tforms1]

I have an old laptop that I got from work.
My company has always been security conscious, so we had both a bios
and harddrive password.
We had to enter both before the laptop would start booting.

Now the laptop has died, so I took the hard drive out and put it into a
hard drive enclosure, and plugged it into my computer's USB port.

But windows XP does not see the hard drive.
I am assuming because I did not enter the password.

Is there a place to enter the password so I can access the harddrive?

Thanks

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have an old laptop that I got from work.
My company has always been security conscious, so we had both a bios
and harddrive password.
We had to enter both before the laptop would start booting.

Now the laptop has died, so I took the hard drive out and put it
into a hard drive enclosure, and plugged it into my computer's USB
port.

But windows XP does not see the hard drive.
I am assuming because I did not enter the password.

Is there a place to enter the password so I can access the
harddrive?

Doubtful that it has anything to do with the password. More likely it just
needs to be initialized by Windows XP.
Does it show up in Disk Manager?

 

[Tom Gardner]

I have an old laptop that I got from work.
My company has always been security conscious, so we had both a bios
and harddrive password.
We had to enter both before the laptop would start booting.

Now the laptop has died, so I took the hard drive out and put it into a
hard drive enclosure, and plugged it into my computer's USB port.

But windows XP does not see the hard drive.
I am assuming because I did not enter the password.

Is there a place to enter the password so I can access the harddrive?

Thanks

Get an IDE rig ($7) and make sure the jumpers are right

 

[sqr]

I have an old laptop that I got from work.
My company has always been security conscious, so we had both a bios
and harddrive password.
We had to enter both before the laptop would start booting.

Now the laptop has died, so I took the hard drive out and put it into a
hard drive enclosure, and plugged it into my computer's USB port.

But windows XP does not see the hard drive.
I am assuming because I did not enter the password.

Is there a place to enter the password so I can access the harddrive?

Thanks

If the hard drive was locked with a bios password then you are shyte out of
luck. Do you think it should be easy? This system is to keep people who
steal laptops from getting at the info on the drive.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Are you trying to get data off the drive? Or do you just want to use it?

 

[sqr]

Try here.... http://www.my-hard-drive-repair.com/

 

[tforms1]

If the hard drive was locked with a bios password then you are shyte out of

luck. Do you think it should be easy? This system is to keep people who
steal laptops from getting at the info on the drive.

But I HAVE the password.
I just dont see a place to enter it, now that the drive is a slave
drive on my computer.

The drive does not show up in disk manager, or My Computer.

But it is listed under Device Manager -> Disk Drives.

The weird thing is, when I booted up my computer, it recognized the new
drive and asked for Drivers (which I dont have and the manufactorer
Fujitsu does not have).

Im running XP, why would it ask for drivers for a harddrive?

 

[tforms1]

Are you trying to get data off the drive? Or do you just want to use it?

Trying to get data off the hard drive.
Thanks

 

[Dave Cohen]

Try here.... http://www.my-hard-drive-repair.com/

To access data, try hooking it up as boot device. I think you indicated
you do know the password. The way you have it now, if they've buggered
around with the mbr as I assume they have, XP will see it as an external
hd but won't be able to access data.
Dave Cohen

 

[Uwe Sieber]

I have an old laptop that I got from work.
My company has always been security conscious, so we had both a bios
and harddrive password.
We had to enter both before the laptop would start booting.

Now the laptop has died, so I took the hard drive out and put it into a
hard drive enclosure, and plugged it into my computer's USB port.

But windows XP does not see the hard drive.
I am assuming because I did not enter the password.

Is there a place to enter the password so I can access the harddrive?

You need another laptop or a desktop computer that is
able to handle ATA passwords... Or the right tool

http://www.rockbox.org/lock.html


Greetings from Germany

Uwe

 

[T.C.]

But I HAVE the password.
I just dont see a place to enter it, now that the drive is a slave
drive on my computer.

The drive does not show up in disk manager, or My Computer.

But it is listed under Device Manager -> Disk Drives.

The weird thing is, when I booted up my computer, it recognized the new
drive and asked for Drivers (which I dont have and the manufactorer
Fujitsu does not have).

Im running XP, why would it ask for drivers for a harddrive?

The least complicated way is probably asking someone with a laptop
with a BIOS that supports the HD-password feature if you can put in
your HD there to remove the protection - Thinkpads are recommendable
there, for the HD can easily be switched (or if the owner has the
required adapter it could be put into the media bay)

....not of much help though if you don't know anybody with a suitable
laptop at hand...

T.C.

 

[brookslaw]

Because it is now a hard drive in a USB enclosure and consequently a
different beast.
Do you have drivers for the enclosure?

 

[Uwe Sieber]

You need another laptop or a desktop computer that is
able to handle ATA passwords... Or the right tool

http://www.rockbox.org/lock.html

The drive must be connected to an real IDE port. It
will not work thru USB.