You remove the hdd from the laptop, write down the model number, phone your IT supplier but an identical hdd and fit it to your T41. Then recover using the recovery disk. Your old password'ed hdd is good to use as a paperweight.
You have to go into the administration located on the computer and change it. Go to the control panel and click user accounts. You can reset now.
its is hitachi travelstar 40 g hard drive for a ibm tinkpad t42
how do I password protect my flash drive, im using a Mac laptop
As a laptop repair tech I see this problem often and there are only 2 ways to remove the HDD password on your Gateway computer. First way is to contact Gateway Support and they can calculate the HDD master password for your hard drive.
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No. You can use any brand of hard drive you like (Hitachi, Fuji etc.) as long as they have the same type of connection.
You can access the hard drive from the bottom of the laptop. If you turn the laptop upside down, you'll find the hard drive door under the Toshiba sticker with the laptop serial number. Remove two screws from the hard drive cover and then remove the cover. Slide the hard drive to the right and remove it. Transfer the hard drive bracket to a new hard drive.
Usually yes. You will have to get a computer technician to remove the hard drive from the smashed laptop & recover the data from from the drive. However, if the hard drive was damaged when the laptop was smashed this may not be possible.
Awful question = Stupid answer! What password have you lost - access to your operating system (If so... what operating system are you using?), encrypted volumes, bios password, hard drive password, MBR?
1. Turn the laptop onto its back 2. remove the battery 3. remove the two screws which attach the CD drive to the laptop with a small Phillips screwdriver 4. gently prize out the CD with a flat screwdriver [before replacing the old CD/CDV drive, you will have to remove 2 small brackets from the it and screw them into the new drive. These brackets enable the new CD drive to be secured back into the laptop]
Restart computer in safe mode and then you shouldn't need to know you password then change your password and write it down make it obscure and make sure it's not personal.
No, you will not have to remove an external hard disk each time you turn your laptop off.
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