I've never tried this software, but they claim it will unlock the HDD 
password and not lose the data on the hard drive.

HDD Tools <http://www.hdd-tools.com/products/rrs/>

>> Hi,
>> My brother passed away a week ago and left us a computer with no
>> passwords. It is a Toshiba computer running xp 2005. At startup it
>> boots into a screen that says 'enter your HDD password' it never gets to
>>
>> the windows boot screen. I'm being told that the only thing I can do is
>> send it to Toshiba and they want $425 to fix it. Any ideas on what to
>> do or do I have another paper weight for my desk?
>> Regina Long
>


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