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HDD Locked After Power Failure

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sliprubisu

Discussion Starter · Jan 20, 2017

I was running Parted Magic to 0 out my drive (planning on donating my older laptop to charity) & all of a sudden I had a power failure.

When I restarted my Laptop I was asked for a HDD password key.

Which I don't know

because I did not set one.

I can't even boot into BIOS to run a live O/S like ubuntu. I was thinking that'd be the easiest way to 0 out the drive, but sadly, I can't get anything to boot.

Doing some research online it seems like it's a tough fix, so I came here asking for help please.

I found this video on YouTube -->

but as mentioned in the video description, the creator is unsure if this will work for other laptops. My laptop is a asus x551M if it matters.

I tried multiple passwords like 0000 and 1111 but nothing works. I don't think Asus support will be of any help unless I pay them and I am broke right now so that's not an option.

FWIW I don't need any of the data on the drive, I just need to 0 it out before donating it to charity.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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crjdriver

· #2 · Jan 20, 2017

We do not assist with password issues. From the forum rules;

Please do not ask for assistance with (or ways to bypass) a forgotten or unknown password, personal identification number (PIN) or any other type of access code that may be required on a computer, mobile device or web site. As there is no way to verify the actual situation or intent, no assistance will be provided and any such threads will be closed.

Please read and follow the rules when posting. In your case, since this is your first post, no points will be assigned.
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