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Bypassing a hard drive password

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by terryg_

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i received a laptop from a my old company and im trying to reformat it but i dont know the hard drive password. and i cant boot up without it. is there away to get around it, i do not need any info that is currently on the laptop.

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by older mycroft

Optical Drive access is denied until after boot password.

That must hurt!

by terryg_

that would only make sense and that is not this company

by older mycroft

Dumping the existing drive in the process.

It's hardly a 'get-around' but at least the laptop will become operational.

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