HP Pavilion dv1000 Notebook "hard drive frozen bios" Questions

HARD DRIVE is not detected I have a HP laptop when start the problem the display show that hard drive need to be tested and after completed I can see first windows screen but never start up I see ...

hard drive and that takes ages...please open setup/Bios at startup and reset the options to default and if you still have the problem try booting with a windows CD and use the repair option (attention

...hard drive frozen password that should be in the bios on the hard drive that you set it for so it should remember it if not you may have to contact toshiba and they should have a back door password ...

...hard drive.Reboot computer. While its rebooting press F2 to enter the BIOS Press Alt-F to restore BIOS defaults Replace the hard drive Sometimes your computer vendor ( Dell, HP. etc) maybe able to ...

...hard drive frozen hard drive "frozen" at bios.. I bought this brand new. Will try toshiba for answers unless you can tell me otherwise. I believe your laptop may be known for this issue. I would call ...

hard drive is in frozen state and asks for password. would like to reset password to hard drive Depending on Make and Model if you remove the Battery from the motherboard for 20-30 seconds to be safe,

...again is to replace the hard drive. In most laptops it isn't hard to do. The cost of a used hard drive isn't that much. Good luck. If this information was helpful, please rate it high.

...hard drive frozen..bios lockout! If I can't use the backdoor method ..can I replace hard drive with any success? I want upgrade Windows on same unit..does it have internal drivers..will upgrade be ...

...hard drive you're in a world of pain. Can you access the bios at all? Can you see the hard drive or what can you see if you can get in the bios? I could be wrong- but if you can't get into the bios ...

...hard drive. It is very difficult to fix the hdd password. You can try to detach the hdd, and leave it for 1 day. Also detach the ac adapter and the main battery. The next day, install hdd and restart ...