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I have a problem with my daughter's PC... When we turn it on, it says "hard disk locked" and I have to enter the password to start... I want to disable that but I don't know how to do it! Thanks!
I have a problem with my daughter's PC... When we turn it on, it says "hard disk locked" and I have to enter the password to start... I want to disable that but I don't know how to do it! Thanks!
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Hello;
Master password
New SanDisk SSD, same issue, bug during the secure erase using the dashboard provided on the SanDisk site, SSD lockout.
It worked with an Asus ROG G53SX, the X72 doesn't offer it and the custom-built PC with MSI 970A-G43 motherboard doesn't either.
---Don't set any password (press enter twice) in the BIOS.
---Start the PC, press escape = switch from user password to administrator password.
---Enter your password = nothing (just press enter)
miracle it starts.
---If you have an OS on the disk, spam the enter key in the BIOS.
---If your disk is empty, the BIOS displays.
---Go back to security, your disk is displayed and the password is activated.
---Deactivate it by changing the password to nothing (once again just press enter twice).
---If your disk has an OS -> F10: save and reboot: yes
---If your disk is empty: put in your ISO (USB or CD); change the boot order; F10: save and reboot: yes
And there you go.
As they say, where there's a will, there's a way (it took me three days to find this solution; I hope it helps some).
We all have a friend with a ROG or one of the two PCs mentioned at the beginning of the responses in this forum; just take apart and swap the hard drives, once the disk is unlocked, put it back in your PC.
Regards, an ecology student.
Please forgive my French if there are mistakes, it is not my strong suit.
To clean the disk if it's new, rather than the Dashboard software for SanDisk: use diskpart [documentation on the function easily found online].
If you've just unlocked it and you don't have Windows: in the recovery tools, use cmd to run the function:
If you just bought it (as long as it is not locked you won’t read this forum) and you have Windows, use cmd.
diskpart
list disk
check the disk number, if it's the only one, it's 0 by default
select disk 0
(the zero needs to be changed if it's not the number
of the disk you want to clean).
clean
exit
You can close cmd.
Start the installation of Windows (to access it just close the windows).
Master password
New SanDisk SSD, same issue, bug during the secure erase using the dashboard provided on the SanDisk site, SSD lockout.
It worked with an Asus ROG G53SX, the X72 doesn't offer it and the custom-built PC with MSI 970A-G43 motherboard doesn't either.
---Don't set any password (press enter twice) in the BIOS.
---Start the PC, press escape = switch from user password to administrator password.
---Enter your password = nothing (just press enter)
miracle it starts.
---If you have an OS on the disk, spam the enter key in the BIOS.
---If your disk is empty, the BIOS displays.
---Go back to security, your disk is displayed and the password is activated.
---Deactivate it by changing the password to nothing (once again just press enter twice).
---If your disk has an OS -> F10: save and reboot: yes
---If your disk is empty: put in your ISO (USB or CD); change the boot order; F10: save and reboot: yes
And there you go.
As they say, where there's a will, there's a way (it took me three days to find this solution; I hope it helps some).
We all have a friend with a ROG or one of the two PCs mentioned at the beginning of the responses in this forum; just take apart and swap the hard drives, once the disk is unlocked, put it back in your PC.
Regards, an ecology student.
Please forgive my French if there are mistakes, it is not my strong suit.
To clean the disk if it's new, rather than the Dashboard software for SanDisk: use diskpart [documentation on the function easily found online].
If you've just unlocked it and you don't have Windows: in the recovery tools, use cmd to run the function:
If you just bought it (as long as it is not locked you won’t read this forum) and you have Windows, use cmd.
diskpart
list disk
check the disk number, if it's the only one, it's 0 by default
select disk 0
(the zero needs to be changed if it's not the number
of the disk you want to clean).
clean
exit
You can close cmd.
Start the installation of Windows (to access it just close the windows).
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Create a bootable USB key with Linux (easy tutorials to find).
For hdparm, tutorials are mostly in English, but if you look around, there are forums where French speakers analyze the scripts of people who need help. And through deduction, we can figure it out.
Ciao