My acer aspire one when I turn on says HARD DISK SECURITY. Sasa port o. How do I fix it

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Bought it used, and is HDD locked/? garage sale PC>?
or you forgot the key (code) PW
or out of the blue, it did this?
kids played with this and landed HERE?
no PC told at all Aspire ONE series has many models
if old PC the batteries are all old and bad. and lies to you.
coin cell dead? inside.
there is no hack to fix that. (by design) to save data,
to erase and start over maybe.
a laptop notebook it is? 2014 made? 8 years old?

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Posted on Sep 20, 2022

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SOURCE: acer aspire software

link for europe
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Richard Finch

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SOURCE: hard disk problem

Smart is a BIOS based harddrive testing utility, it is warning you that the harddrive is about to fail.
You should back up all your personal files as soon as possible and buy a new harddrive.

Posted on Jul 26, 2008

Anonymous

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SOURCE: Acer aspire 4520 won't open

open your back side of laptop.refix battery and refix ram. then chek.

Posted on Jan 24, 2009

Anonymous

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SOURCE: hard disk drive problems for my acer aspire 4315

Burn this cd on another computer and then boot from it.

The cd contains some hard drive diagnostics and many other useful utilities

Posted on Aug 24, 2009

Anonymous

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SOURCE: external hard disk

If you have a Firewire port in your computer, then it is better to go for an external hard disk with a Firewire interface. Otherwise, a USB external hard disk will do the job.

Below are some links which might help you take a decision:
Link 1: http://www.techsaver.com/2008/12/bargain_hunt_external_hard_dri_1.php
Link 2: http://reviews.cnet.com/hard-drives/
Link 3: http://www.consumersearch.com/external-hard-drives
Link 4: http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/collection/1650/top_10_external_hard_drives.html

Posted on Oct 31, 2009

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