Well, I've done some preliminary research. I know that you can salvage the computer itself, but you may need to get a new hard drive. The data may be gone without data recovery, although I have seen some evidence that it might be possible to do things cheaper.

Are you after the data, or are you interested primarily in using the computer? The bios can be reset and a new hard drive installed if you are only interested in the computer. If the data is important to you, more research will be necessary.

Denise


----- Original Message -----
From: "Reggkay" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 1:58:10 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Bios password?????

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
Sapulpa, Ok

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