

If you forget the original HDD password, there is no way of restoring it by generic system tools. This is usually called “ HDD password” or “ ATA password“.

XBox gaming consoles and some desktop computers can also lock hard disk drives. When you set a password on your notebook, the drive becomes locked as well. How do I can clear hd password and let pc recognize this hd?Īll hard drives have the possibility to set a hardware password, thus making the drive completely inaccessible unless a correct password is provided during the BIOS POST test. If no password enter, pc can not recognized this hd, pc keep said no hd in this pc. I called my friend, he said he haven’t touch this hd long long time, he totally forget he did setup password or not, he don’t know password. My friend give me one used hard drive, while I power on pc, error message came out–” this hd under password protection, please enter password”.
