Re: Dell latitude E6400 bios password reset

It was the drive.

Re: Dell latitude E6400 bios password reset

sorry. the 'lose your data of you press enter' msg occurs when I tried generated passwords on the old, locked drive. pressing enter/Ctrl enter/ x2 yields a reboot and HDD password prompt yet again.

that wasn't clear, apologies

Re: Dell latitude E6400 bios password reset

thank you for that quick reply.

replacement HDD just doesn't show up - not in bios or windows setup.

but, if i connect it externally it does. same when i connect it externally to two other machines but, in the letter, only as 'usb storage', and i cant format it or anything.

I was reading that the dell hd password is also written to CMOS or nvram or something and that this must be cleared (by shorting two legs of a chip while booting) prior to installing a new drive or (and this is the sketchy...

Re: Dell latitude E6400 bios password reset

trebo,

are there no options for my 1D3B-suffix E6430 machine (that don't involve soldering)?

It's HD locked (no bios, system or admin pass set) but even with the original drive removed it won't recognise the new one I bought.

I get the

'you are using a password from dell, inc .... all data will be lost if you press enter'

prompt for everything any generator spits out. I press ctrl+enter and it just reboots to the same HD password prompt.

Tried...