This will prompt the user to create a master password and a user password before enabling drivelock. Home forums hardware, software and accessories windows os and software drivelock hdd bay password discussion in windows os and software started by leanton, dec 7, 2009. From another working computer, navigate to clear bios passwords page. In the text box on the next screen, enter your current windows password.
After the second attemp it asks for a master hdd password. November 27, 20 november 29, 20 blacklotus89 uncategorized tags. She assures me she never put any password on it and it didnt have one when she got it. The passwords are not stored on the disks data areas that is plates in hdd or memory chips. Using computer setup auto drivelock in a multipleuser environment, you can set an automatic drivelock password. For windows to start at all, the password must be provided and validated. Under password, select the change button and follow the steps.
If a drivelocked drive is connected to a computer that does not support drivelock then the data can not be accessed. Hp drivelock hard drive locked how to unlock when i. Change or reset your windows password windows help. If windows fails to boot, perhaps yielding the infamous blue screen of death, then the hard disk password is not your problem. A drivelock typically involves a user password and a master password.
Drivelock hdd bay password w a skeleton key picture underneath. In this article well show you how to unlock your hp elitebook laptop by clearing bios password, resetting windows admin password or restore your computer to factory settings. To disable the drivelock password, complete the following steps. Both the user and the master drive lock password are stored directly on the disk drive on its controller board in a registry. Is it possible to unset the drivelock password using biosconfigurationutility. Since hp sparekey couldnt reset hp windows 7 administrator password, we have to think of other ways to recover hp elitebook administrator password. Unlock western digital hdd using master password techno krat. By continuing to use this site you consent to the use of cookies on your device as described in our cookie policy unless you have disabled them.
Unfortunately its only available for windows, and can be downloaded here. Today i spent nearly half day in trying to unlock western digital hdd. If it is lost or forgotten, the hard drive must be replaced. There is no recovery if a master drivelock password is forgotten. The revision code is word 92 in the identify response. When the automatic drivelock password is enabled, a random user password and a drivelock master password will be created for you. Docmorris was looking for a partner who wanted to do more than sell licenses and to help the customer meet new challenges. Drivelock endpoint protection for cybersecurity made in. It seems that a system with drivelock also changes this master password whenever a user password is set, making it also useless. To provide our clients with innovative technologies to keep people safe and data secure. A hard drive protected with a drive lock password stays protected even if removed from one system and inserted into another.
To enable drivelock password, complete the following steps. When any user passes the password credential, the same random user and drivelock master password will. We did this but unfortunately one of the users has entered the incorrect password a few times and has locked the hard drive so the system wont boot. Drivelock master password, you can remove drivelock. Just persist in trying to erase it per master password which i did not have. How to reset your drivelock password it still works. Rather than set a hard disk password, enable wholedisk encryption use the free truecrypt application, enable bitlocker on enterprise versions of windows, or enable filevault encryption on mac os x. Hard disk encryption hp drivelock vs windows bitlocker. Hp elitebook notebook pcs using drivelock feature on the units. In windows xp, the window is titled user accounts, and theres an extra step. Autodrivelock when automatic drivelock is enabled, the bios will automatically generate a user drivelock password, and the bios admin password is used as the master drivelock password. Type the master password and enter the bios setup screen.
Power on you laptop and press the corresponding function key to enter into bioscmos setup. I wondered what was the best encryption method to use for encrypting my laptops msata ssd and hdd. Is there a way to remove bios password after forgotten. When setting up the sparekey, you are prompted to provide answers for a sequence of three predetermined personal identification questions. In order to control when they can and cannot sign on to our family computers, i have to regularly change the passwords for their standard user accounts. Legacy drivelock and automatic drivelock settings are mutually exclusive. When turning the computer on i cannot use f8 to use the command prompt. Either of these passwords can be used to access the hard drive, but drivelock protection can only be removed by. Is there no possible way to get past it without having to get in touch with compaq themselves because read that they wont even help unless you have all the original documentation for it.
Back in the day there was software to wipe cmos bios password. Bios administrator password drivelock master password drivelock user password are three distinct passwords and are not in any way at all related to windows 7 or windows 10 user passwords or any other windows passwords. The bios administrator password is used as the master drivelock password in automatic drivelock mode. Unlocking hard drive without master password techspot. I am able to set a password via the uefi bios or use bitlocker but i am not sure which one is the best. I put the hdd in external hdd case and i totally formatted the hdd in windows and even removed the firmware and rewrote it.
Hp elitebook notebook pcs using drivelock feature on the. As ive not set a password, nor dropped, dinged, or otherwise abused the pc, i dont know where this has come from. The down side of hard drive passwords computerworld. Now whenever you start the machine it asks for a drive lock password. Is there any software to recover hard drive disk password. Most disks support a master password revision code, which can tell you if the master password has been changed, or it it still the factory default. I decided that i didnt like the windows one, so i wanted to change it back to match the website one. If you are using multiple devices please be aware of the fact that once you have changed your master password on one device the first one, the change will be synchronized to all your online devices. I just bought a compaq evo n610c laptop and im having a really hard time with it. Drivelock can be enabled in bios setup by selecting drivelock passwords from the security menu. The drive lock password protects the data on your hard drive through encryption. Turn on the computer, and then immediately press f10 to enter bios. Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services.
Laptop hp x360 310 g1 pc maintenance and service manual. Hard drive with ata password hddssd password spiceworks. Go to security, then drivelock password 5, and select notebook hard drive. If you take the drive out and put it in a system without a drivelock bios, the system cant boot from the drive.
If this master password is lost, it will not be possible to disable drivelock password. To be able to change your master password, make sure that you are online. Although these passwords can be the same, it may be a good idea to keep them different. The drive is locked with the drivelock feature, which is a feature of the atacommand set. By offering advanced biometrics with fips 1402 certification, strong encryption, unique access and audit controls, we help secure facilities, networks and. In the or pick an account to change area, select your windows xp username and choose remove my password. Drivelock is your partner for it security and data security.
I guess the one in my bios because its at an earlier stage in the startuprunning process. For example, restore hp elitebook to factory settings or reset hp elitebook windows login password with windows password genius. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. If it is wrong, err will turns red on the top of the screen, and you have 4 more tries before it powercycle the disk. Follow these steps to enable the drivelock feature and assign or change a master or user password for hard drives.
What i can tell you is that most hard drives have a factoryset master password, different from the user master passwords that you set. How to reset hp elitebook administrator and bios passwords. A value of 0xfffe means the master password is unchanged. Theres no longer an option to change it from windows, so i looked around for a solution and saw that i needed to change the master on the website. We have tried every possible general password but still no luck. I cant image that the drivelock option would be turned on on his own. Dell factory restore reinstall reset windows laptop desktop optiplex allinone xps latitude 11. Drivelock and docmorris are not only producers and customers, but we are also partners. I previously thought that it was a bios password that was being required, i now believe i am looking for an sata0 password. Drivelock doesnt encrypt the harddrive it only locks it with a password which is an excellent way to annoy thieves they may steal your laptop but cannot start it or access your data. After the second attemp it asks for a master hdd password then locks the harddrive. If the wrong passwort is entered for 3 times the drive is not available through the bios mapping. Select security, and then select drivelock security. I just purchased a new compaq laptop and noticed a feature in the bios called drivelock.
Automatic drivelock allows multiple user support for drivelock. Hp desktop pc setting drivelock in bios hp customer. Theres probably a master password which unlocks the bios. If youve forgotten or lost your windows 10 password for a local account and need to sign back in to your device, the below options might help you get up and running. The disk drive lock opal is a security feature implemented on the disk drive itself. On this particular hard drive the removal was successful, on some hard. You can enter a master password that will remove the user password that. Master password for windows is a native uwp app for windows 10 devices, for generating and managing secure, siteexclusive passwords.
My master password on the website and on the windows app have been out of sync for some time. It locks the drive so a password has to be entered on startup. I am one hundred percent that there is windows vista installed. You will receive a system disabled message and a digit code. When i turn on it has black screen, asks for a drivelock password, a second i forget, then a. Or if i swap the drive, will i have to go through a drive lock password to access a new. Cannot unlock locked original hard drive from elitebook. To set a drivelock master password, follow these steps. Drivelock feature in harddisk digital forensics forums. Hp drivelock prevents unauthorized users from booting into your computer and. How to break a drivelock multibay password answered by a verified tech support specialist we use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. Select the security menu, then select drivelock passwords and press enter.
Burn a abode windows password reset disk right into a cddvd disk or a usb flash disk. If one password gets stolen, no other of your accountspasswords is compromised in any way. Drivelock hdd bay password, together with a graphic image of a key. Hp sparekey is a utility that helps you, or the administrator of the computer, recover lost system passwords, such as the poweron, drive lock, or bios passwords. If your computer is stolen, the data on the hard drive is inaccessible without the drive lock password. It was password protected from bios some unfortunate guy locked it and forgot. Hi all, i have a client using an hp laptop and recently we were asked to ensure all laptops had drive lock enabled and password protected. Under drivelock security, select sata0, and then click f10. I got a blue box in the center of the screen asking for a password. After powering on the system the phoenix bios asks for the master password.