Before you a full - low level format: Consider that if there was a drive level password on the new drive then that should stop the drive being accessed in any system
Alternatively - if your system is setup with an NTFS partition then you could have that partition set with a password ( i.e. the partition encrypted) but as this is a copy of the original, and that didn't need a password it is not likely to be an encrypted/password protected NTFS partition You stated that you could get into the BIOS with both drives installed - Is it the case that you can 'see' the old drive, and both drives in the BIOS, but not just the new drive? Have you got the new drive plugged as a 'slave', or master and does the system have a CS connector, or a non-differentiated one JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Lawson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 10:54 PM Subject: Re: Hard: Laptop HD > I have that cable, it's how I cloned the drive. > > What software would you suggest to use for this? > > > Roger Lawson > Florence, SC > > > > At 05:44 PM 6/20/2006, Carl Houseman mumbled something like this: > > >It's a hard drive password, not a BIOS password. You can probably get rid > >of it by mounting the drive in another (non-Dell) machine and doing a low > >level format. > > > >Of course you would need a cable adapter to plug in the drive to a desktop, > >those are readily available and fairly inexpensive. Google "cable adapter > >2.5". You want the ones that adapt 2.5" to 3.5". > > > >Carl > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: > CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. > > > -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
