HDD Pasword set by me.

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  1. Posts : 150
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    HDD Pasword set by me.


    Hi,

    I went into BIOS to change the boot option and like a moron set up a password. Now I can't get rid of it. Not a very big deal........just annoying.
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  2. Posts : 1,800
    Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
       #2

    Are you talking about the bios supervisor or user password.?

    both can be changed to null by going to the password option and pressing enter
    in each of the password set squares.

    Of course if you set the supervisor password, it must be entered before you can change
    any of the passwords. do this to get to the bios..

    Clear?

    Rich
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  3. Posts : 150
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    I did set a master one and a user one. Almost clear.......let me try:)
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    I went into Bios and this is what I found :

    user password-----not installed
    master password.....not installed
    HDD password.....installed (can not highlight this option to make any changes)
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  5. Posts : 1,800
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    barbarossa2241 said:
    I went into Bios and this is what I found :

    user password-----not installed
    master password.....not installed
    HDD password.....installed (can not highlight this option to make any changes)
    I have never used the hdd password option. I am kind of out of answers if you can't highlight the option for HDD password changes. Is there some option when it asks you for the password for the HDD when you boot?
    Or would resetting the bios to zero or reflashing the bios take that password off?

    Also, of course I highly recommend that you back up anything on your hard disk before you try any messing with the password or bios.

    Rich
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  6. Posts : 37
    Win7 32 bit
       #6

    Same thing happened to me...


    I recall trying everything to clear the password. I looked at the bios a dozen times without finding the setting. I can't remember which setting finally fixed it, but I finally did. So like me, perhaps you haven't looked hard enough in the bios. Try again and be thorough.
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    richnrockville said:
    barbarossa2241 said:
    I went into Bios and this is what I found :

    user password-----not installed
    master password.....not installed
    HDD password.....installed (can not highlight this option to make any changes)
    I have never used the hdd password option. I am kind of out of answers if you can't highlight the option for HDD password changes. Is there some option when it asks you for the password for the HDD when you boot?
    Or would resetting the bios to zero or reflashing the bios take that password off?

    Also, of course I highly recommend that you back up anything on your hard disk before you try any messing with the password or bios.

    Rich
    I'll leave it like this now b/c do not want to create problems for myself. It's courios .......it let's you create a passowrd and then you can not disable it. Weird indeed.
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    killjoy said:
    I recall trying everything to clear the password. I looked at the bios a dozen times without finding the setting. I can't remember which setting finally fixed it, but I finally did. So like me, perhaps you haven't looked hard enough in the bios. Try again and be thorough.

    I did look many times but, I'll look again. If not the other option is to call Asus.
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  9. Posts : 37
    Win7 32 bit
       #9

    I just remembered what I did


    I flashed the bios. That was it. I went to Lenovo's site and downloaded a BIOS update. My thinkpad did the same thing. You can add, but you can't take it off!
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  10. Posts : 150
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    killjoy said:
    I flashed the bios. That was it. I went to Lenovo's site and downloaded a BIOS update. My thinkpad did the same thing. You can add, but you can't take it off!
    Great. I hope Asus have such a download. Thanks.
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