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numnuts87
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_ 		5. March 2007 @ 19:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm interested in buying a laptop from my work it's clearance and it's a Toshiba , it has been returned a while ago but can still be sold , the only problem is it has an HDD password set that I cannot get by , any help ? the customer set it and then returned it.
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56delray
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_ 		6. March 2007 @ 05:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Look in the manual for a way to reset.

As a last resort it can be reformatted
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Morph416
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_ 		6. March 2007 @ 07:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What kind of password?

Start up, login, file, folder?
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numnuts87
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_ 		6. March 2007 @ 18:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
that the thing it wont boot up off a disc or anything to do a format it just prompts for an hdd password
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56delray
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_ 		7. March 2007 @ 07:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
With the OS disc in the CD Drive.
When u are booting and there is still a black screen.
It should say boot from CD> Press any key

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Morph416
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_ 		7. March 2007 @ 09:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sounds like you're saying it's a BIOS password...one that has to be put in before the computer will go beyond the POST screen.

Remove the battery. Wait 30 seconds, and place it back in.
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