Please Help: Hard Drive Protection - Club CDFreaks

Wazoo117 · 15-10-2008

I just recently recieved 3 IBM thinkpad's for educational puposes and because all three have hard drive protection, I cannot access anything on them. All I want to do is use them! Help!

*tropic* · 15-10-2008

Wipe 'em and use 'em.

Wazoo117 · 16-10-2008

That's the thing I can't do anything with them , even a write zero gets stopped because of protection!

*tropic* · 16-10-2008

Check out the BIOS... some business laptops have encryption and/or overlay features managed there. You might have the option to disable these features, rendering the data useless but freeing the HDDs for access.

**geno888** · 16-10-2008

Alternatively you can try to run a live distribution of Linux, and then wipe all discs using a tool like gparted or similar

Some examples are SystemRescueCD and GParted

15-10-2008	#1 (permalink)
Wazoo117 New on Forum Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4	Hard Drive Protection I just recently recieved 3 IBM thinkpad's for educational puposes and because all three have hard drive protection, I cannot access anything on them. All I want to do is use them! Help!

15-10-2008	#2 (permalink)
tropic CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2004 Location: Land of Sand and Scorpions Posts: 1,236	Re: Hard Drive Protection Wipe 'em and use 'em. __________________ X3220 \| IP35 Pro \| 4GB Mushkin D9 \| HD 2600XT \| too many hdds \| Vista Business currently installed: DVR-115L , ND-2500A Darth Tropic: "Whaddya mean the Dark Side of the Force is limited to 4x burning?!"

16-10-2008	#3 (permalink)
Wazoo117 New on Forum Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4	Re: Hard Drive Protection That's the thing I can't do anything with them , even a write zero gets stopped because of protection! __________________ "There are very few problems in life that cannot be solved with the proper application of high explosives"

16-10-2008	#4 (permalink)
tropic CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2004 Location: Land of Sand and Scorpions Posts: 1,236	Re: Hard Drive Protection Check out the BIOS... some business laptops have encryption and/or overlay features managed there. You might have the option to disable these features, rendering the data useless but freeing the HDDs for access. __________________ X3220 \| IP35 Pro \| 4GB Mushkin D9 \| HD 2600XT \| too many hdds \| Vista Business currently installed: DVR-115L , ND-2500A Darth Tropic: "Whaddya mean the Dark Side of the Force is limited to 4x burning?!"

16-10-2008	#5 (permalink)
geno888 Moderator, Editor & CD Freaks Guru Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Italy Posts: 18,345	Re: Hard Drive Protection Alternatively you can try to run a live distribution of Linux, and then wipe all discs using a tool like gparted or similar Some examples are SystemRescueCD and GParted __________________ Click here or here to download latest version of CD-DVD Speed Click here to read more about DMA User guide for CD-DVD Speed: English version - Versione Italiana User guide for ImgBurn in BUILD mode English version - Italian version Please do not ask questions via PM. Post in the forum instead. Thanks Per favore, non chiedete consigli o suggerimenti tramite PM. Usate invece il forum (che serve proprio per questo). KTPHTT

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