HDD locked!
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:44 am
I have a pretty old laptop running ubuntu, which I haven't used for about 6 months because it said "Operation System Not Found".
So, yesterday I decided to give it a try and see what's going on in there, I downloaded the latest ubcd and tried to run some diagnostic tools about memory, hdd and boot management. Unfortunately, I don't remember the tools I tried.
Most of the tools failed to do anything, except the memory which was tested ok.
Today, I decided to reinstall grub from an Ubuntu LiveCD to see if that was the problem, but before booting from cd my laptop asks for "Hard Disk User Password" which I have never set.
Trying to boot UBCD, does the same.
I unplugged the HDD and it doesn't even try to boot, maybe the system somehow doesn't allow the machine to boot without a HDD.
So, I have a laptop with only access to BIOS and the screen asking for Hard Disk User Password.
The question is : which are the tools of UBCD that are known for locking the HDD?
If any of these tools has a standard password please share it to give it a try?
So, yesterday I decided to give it a try and see what's going on in there, I downloaded the latest ubcd and tried to run some diagnostic tools about memory, hdd and boot management. Unfortunately, I don't remember the tools I tried.
Most of the tools failed to do anything, except the memory which was tested ok.
Today, I decided to reinstall grub from an Ubuntu LiveCD to see if that was the problem, but before booting from cd my laptop asks for "Hard Disk User Password" which I have never set.
Trying to boot UBCD, does the same.
I unplugged the HDD and it doesn't even try to boot, maybe the system somehow doesn't allow the machine to boot without a HDD.
So, I have a laptop with only access to BIOS and the screen asking for Hard Disk User Password.
The question is : which are the tools of UBCD that are known for locking the HDD?
If any of these tools has a standard password please share it to give it a try?