HI I am Ramesh from Chennai. Today i changed the restore to default setting in BIOS and then it started asking for Drivelock HDD bay password. Model: HP Compaq 2510p. The laptop was working without a password all these years and i didnt set any password also. Even now the bios page is opening without a password. Its just that the HDD is locked without a HDD password. Please help me fix this issue. Without the password laptop wont allow the function of laptop. Its a emergency. Please reply as soon as possible.

You need to log into the bios and edit the hdd password...
You can press DEL or F2 key when you power ON the laptop... It will take you to the bios setup...
You can navigate in the bios to reach the hard drive password section and you can set the password as blank...
Once you are done press F10 to save the changes and exit out of it...

If it doesnt works, then you can give a try by restoring the BIOS to its factory defaults(using the restore defaults option in bios) which should turn OFF the Bios HDD security feature...

Its trying to boot from a cd or dvd in the drive that is not bootable--take it out or change the boot order in the BIOS (F2 or DEL at startup)

Hi Rob,

I know how you feel as my HP pavilion has had the same blue screen ansking for the 'drivelock multibay password' . the good news is i have fixed it just 5 mins ago.

I agree with lucky4lynn2 that you have to get into the bios first. Lets see if I can show you how I helped it to boot up:

1. at the blue screen I pressed the F10 Key which took me into setup
2. i then selected the security tab
3. and then I think I selected drivelock password
4. and then selected the "Notebook hard drive" item where I tried to disable, with no success
   
   PLEASE NOTE ROB: at this point I noticed that each time that i tried to disable the password it kept returning to the item 'Notebook hard drive' . I thought to myself that maybe this is the password and not just an item on the list, so I carefully wrote down .. Notebook hard drive .. taking note of capitalization and spaces and then exited setup.
5. I then noticed that there was nowhere to enter the password so i carefully typed .. Notebook hard drive .. onto the keyboard, and waited. After about 1 min a small 'OK' appeared inside the blue box and my heart leaped for joy inside my chest.
6. I waited... and a black screen apeared with the wite cursor blinking
7. and I waited... this time about 5 mins passed and then windows started to load. Thank God!

I hope you get some joy out of this post and it's not too late for your notebook.

above all have fun
Darryn Hope
www.darrynhope.com

Troubleshooting
Accessing Computer Setup
The information and settings in Computer Setup are accessed
from the File, Security, Tools, and Advanced menus.
1. Open Computer Setup by turning on or restarting the
computer. Press f10 while the F10 = Based Setup message is
displayed in the lower-left corner of the screen.
.
To change the language, press f2.
.
To view navigation information, press f1.
.
To return to the Computer Setup menu, press esc.
2. Select the File, Security, Tools, or Advanced menu.
3. To exit Computer Setup, choose one of the following:
.
To exit without saving any changes, use the arrow keys to
select File > Ignore changes and exit, and then follow
the instructions on the screen.
.
To exit and save all the settings you have entered, use the
arrow keys to select File > Save changes and exit, and
then follow the instructions on the screen.
Your preferences are set when you exit Computer Setup and take
effect when the computer restarts.
Computer Setup Defaults
To return all settings in Computer Setup to the values that were
set at the factory:
1. Open Computer Setup by turning on or restarting the
computer. Press f10 while the F10 = Based Setup message is
displayed in the lower-left corner of the screen.
.
To change the language, press f2.
.
To view navigation information, press f1.
2. Use the arrow keys to select File > Restore defaults.
3. Select the Restore Defaults check box.
2–2
Maintenance and Service Guide

Troubleshooting
4. To confirm the restoration, press f10.
5. Select File > Save changes and exit, and then follow the
instructions on the screen.
When the computer restarts, the factory settings are restored, and
any identification information you have entered is saved.
Selecting from the File Menu
Table 2-1
File Menu

Select
To Do This
System Information ¦
View identification information about the
computer and any battery packs in the system.
¦
View specification information about the
processor, memory and cache size, video
revision, keyboard controller version, and
system ROM.
Save to floppy Save system configuration settings to a diskette.
Restore to floppy Restore system configuration settings from a
diskette.
Restore defaults Replace configuration settings in Computer Setup
with factory default settings. (Identification
information is retained.)
Ignore changes and exit Cancel changes entered during the current
session. Then exit and restart the computer.
Save changes and exit Save changes entered during the current session.
Then exit and restart the computer. The changes
you save are in effect when the computer restarts.
Maintenance and Service Guide
2–3

Troubleshooting
Selecting from the Security Menu
Table 2-2
Security Menu
Select To Do This
Administrator password Enter, change, or delete an HP Administrator
password.
Power-on password Enter, change, or delete a power-on password.
Password options ¦
Enable/Disable stringent security.
¦
Enable/Disable required password on restart.
DriveLock passwords Enable/disable DriveLock; change a DriveLock
user or master password.
.
DriveLock Settings are accessible only
when you enter Computer Setup by turning
on (not restarting) the computer.
Smart Card Security Enable/disable power-on support for smart cards.
.
This feature is supported by select smart
card readers only.
Embedded Security ¦
Enable/Disable the embedded security chip.
¦
Restore embedded security chip to factory
settings.
¦
Enable/Disable power-on authentication
support.
¦
Enable/Disable automatic DriveLock.
¦
Reset power-on authentication credential.
.
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Embedded Security settings are accessible
only if the computer is equipped with an
embedded security chip.
Device security Enable/Disable devices in the system.
Enable NIC for inclusion in MultiBoot.
System IDs Enter user-defined identification values.
2–4 Maintenance and Service Guide

Troubleshooting
Selecting from the Tools Menu
Table 2-3
Tools Menu
Select To Do This
HDD Self Test options Run a quick or comprehensive self-test on any
hard drive in the system.
Battery Information View information about any battery packs in the
computer.

Hi
This drive may have been used before and may have had a password set on it. If it is new take it back and exchange it
Cheers
David

seems like the access to your harddrive is password protected at BIOS level,
try another hd.
if same message occurs, please renew your request at fixya!

Hi you can disable drivelock by entering system bios and security settings. Please read the notes below and remember you can only do when starting the pc and not when you're restarting.

DriveLock passwords Enable/disable DriveLock; change a DriveLock
user or master password.
✎ DriveLock Settings are accessible only
when you enter Computer Setup by turning
on (not restarting) the computer.

Hope this helps.

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hello,

Will your NX6110 allow you to get into the Bios before the drive lock password coes up? If it doesnt and you dont know the password, you have two options. One being to send the laptop off somewhere to get the password an pay thru the nose. The other is just to buy another hard drive and re-load your system. Those passwords are build into the hard drives and there is really no way to get the password easily. You could of course pay for a machine that will hopefully get your password, but why pay all that money just to use it once, or twice. It comes down to the facts of how importand is the data on your hard drive?

Remove your 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 reset HDD pwd depending on model