Help I need the master password

[adamspa]

I have an Acer Aspire 1,Model #ZG5. When I turn it on it goes straight to a screen ,That says Hard disk Security . and under that it says Primary Master WDC WD1600BEVT-22ZCTLock.Then when I hit enter it says please input password for WDC WD1600BEVT-22ZCT Then when I tried several times ,it says enter Unlock Password(Key:84575529). I tried using that as the password no workie .
Please Please Please can anyone help me out here .
TY TY TY

[trebo]

Re: Help I need the master password

Dont hold out much hope, but you could try this, 31453509
good luck

[lorins_core]

Re: Help I need the master password

i have i idea Friend. do this... First i try Helping you Friend

1. removed hdd from laptop`s tray (with power OFF)
2. powered ON the laptop and entered in BIOS SETUP
3. as the hdd was removed the BIOS read <none> at 1st ata device but i was able to select <ATA device type> field, which had <none> <auto> <cdrom> <user type hdd> as options
4. select <user type HDD> option and the "manual" options for the hdd appear
5. don`t change anything, remain on that page and insert the HDD drive in the tray. as it powers up the bios completed me the field vith the values for my hdd automatically.
6. go back to the field "1st ata device" and selected the <auto> option
7. go to the bios SECURITY section and in the field "HDD Password" enter a password of your choice (but remember or note it down)
8. EXIT the bios setup and SAVE CHANGES (and reboot)
9. at the HDD prompt i found now the password matched the one i entered
10. run the bios setup again and remove the hdd password for easy use purpose..

[Honcho92]

Re: Help I need the master password

i was able to take the hard drive out (while the laptop was powered off) turn it on it prompted me for a password i entered one of my liking then it started to boot, i pressed f2 for utility setup and changed the password. i then shut it off and put the hard drive back in, booted up, entered my password and everything seems to be fine now