[ltp] Thinkpad 760XL - Locked Drive

[Eben King]

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Adam Southerland wrote:

> A Friend has given me a drive he bought with a laptop. The drive is locked 
> (the ATA Specification of Locked - Firmware, not Laptop BIOS)
> 
> Is there a way I can boot to the Floppy drive without it requesting the 
> harddrive password? (Currently it looks at the HD first and asks for a 
> password; even though the Floppy is set to boot first.)
> 
> I have a utility that should be able to clear/remove the password if I can 
> get it to boot.

How on earth did he wind up with a locked drive that's not from a hot 
laptop?

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