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Unlocking the hard drive
To regain access to your computer if you lose the HDD password, you need to
generate a master password and unlock the hard drive.
To unlock a hard drive:
1
Open the computer in a DOS environment.
2
Type the following command:
A\> unlock6 XXXXX 00
3
Press
Enter
to display the command options.
4
Select option 2 (
upper case ASCII code
), then press
Enter
.
5
Write down the generated master password.
6
Reboot the computer.
7
In the HDD password prompt, type the master password generated in
step 5
,
then press
Enter
.
Summary of Contents for NV-53
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Page 145: ...CHAPTER6 139 FRU Field Replaceable Unit list Introduction Exploded diagram FRU list ...
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