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Anonymous Posted on Aug 18, 2014

Why is my hard disk drive asking for a password I don't know it

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It would only ask for a password if you set one up.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 26, 2009

SOURCE: Bios Hard Disk Password

The best way is to try and reset your CMOS. This a chip inside which holds the password details. If you feel comfortable enough, open up your laptop and look for a battery (try under the keyboard), similar to one in a watch. Unplug this, and leave it for 10 seconds and then try plugging it back in. If this doesn’t work, call Fujitsu up and in some cases they can give you an administrator password to override this issue.

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SOURCE: i cant format my hard drive, its asking me to enter password

Use a bootable CD to format it.................... Start your System and go to the boot Menu..... Boot from CD-ROM

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I'm not clear on your description, so here goes:

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  • Removing the CMOS battery for at least 10 minutes
For a free software to reset BIOS Click Here:

For more information please check out my solutions, i have allready given some tips on this issue.

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