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murph99
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_ 		14. July 2009 @ 15:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Long story short, I purchased a computer as part of a liquidation lot. The computer had a BIOS password installed on the machine that I could not get around. So, I broke down and paid the money to have an authorized dealer remove the password.

Unfortunately, the computer now is asking for a HDD password. Before I throw any more money into this machine is there a way to remove this password? If I buy a new hard drive will I still have an issue?
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ddp
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_ 		14. July 2009 @ 19:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
is this password after post but before windows?
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murph99
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_ 		14. July 2009 @ 20:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Before windows. The machine had a BIOS password that I had to pay an "authorized" dealer to remove. Then when they pulled this password off a hard drive password came up. I just want to make sure the dealer gave me the best advice. He said there was virtually no way around it. Best bet was to purchase a new hard drive.
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ddp
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_ 		14. July 2009 @ 20:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i think that is a windows password not hard drive password. did it come with recovery cd? if have bootable windows cd\dvd, change the boot sequence so that the rom drive is 1st & boot off your disk & see what happens when deleting the "c:drive" partition not "d:data recovery partition.
http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/
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