Hi,
I have a Toshiba Satellite L350D laptop which when booted up asks for a HDD password (which I do not remember setting at any point).
As I understand it, the password is stored on the eeprom on the motherboard so no amount of BIOS flashing etc will have any effect.
The odd thing is though, If I remove the hard drive completely the computer will boot from the cd. If I then connect the hard drive while it is booting from the cd drive then reboot, Windows starts up normally without being asked for the HDD password again. This remains the case no matter how many times I reboot the computer. I only get asked for the HDD password again when I switch the computer off then switch it back on again.
Can anyone help sort this out as it is obviously not an ideal situation to be having to remove the hard drive and replace it everytime I switch the computer back on, eventually it will break the sata connectors i would have thought.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, many thanks!!