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Skriven 2008-11-24 12:06:00 av JAY EMRIE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av AUGUST ABOLINS
Ärende: Lost HD password
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AA> JG>> This is the sort of thing Jean has been battling since forever - the
AA> JG>> cost of retrieval sorely outweighs the cost of the drive.
AA> JG>> You can
AA> JG>> easily buy new drives for this pricing, even at the lowest cost.
AA> JG>> Useful
AA> JG>> only if you have data on there that needs to be retrieved, not to just
AA> JG>> get them working...

AA> AA> I agree totally.  Nortek's $145 price tag seems steep just to get a
AA> AA> drive working.

AA> AA> But the other site could be the answer to Jean's quest.



AA>On second thought..  re-reading how the HD Password system works in a
Thinkpad,
AA>is it designed for swapping drives?  In otherwords, wouldn't the password
AA>system "tie" the hdd to a specific TP?  Can you really set a hard drive
AA>password, swap it out and expect that same drive to work in another TP?

AA>Has anyone done exactly that?

AA>Granted, it would be a devastating scenario if a hdd was passworded, the
main
AA>pc died, and you wouldn't be able to simply move the passworded hdd to
another
AA>TP.

AA>I don't have any experience in using the hdd password system in a TP, so I'm
AA>just wondering about all that.

I am also. I was seriously considering doing that with my ThinkPad,
until I discovered there is no simple way to remove the HD as there is
on other makes of laptops. I'll have to get out my manual on this TP and
look see.

Jay

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