Dead hard drive and BIOS password

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• Dead hard drive and no product key to reinstall

  I'm fixing my brother who had the HD from laptop. The guarantee was until a year ago so I'll buy a new HD online and it will be there Friday. Unfortunately, he pulled the windows product key sticker, so now that there is no product key. What should I do now?

  just to be sure check the battery compartment. If the COA disappeared there are two choices. purchase of a new license or if windows was preinstalled, then you can order your manufacturer OEM recovery disks. (no key needed, because the OEM SLP key is embedded).

• New hard drive and cloning Windows asking for the password and end the session

  Hi all

  Need help please. I just bought a Cavior of WD 1 TB hard drive. I have used Norton Ghost to clone my old hard drive again. Then I removed the old hard drive and another to start the system. Currently, Windows XP was asked to enter the password (in my old drive hard, there is no password entry required). When I press ENTER, the windows log.

  Also, I tried to log in after you have set a password using ERD Commander (locksmith). I get the same result, that is to say Windows log off after entering the password.

  I am at a loss on how to proceed from here. I do not have the CD Windows XP that I bought this computer a few years and did not remember receiving the Windows XP CD. I don't have the product key which is glued on the computer case.

  Help, please. I have to activate Windows again?

  Ghost allows you to create a backup "Image", and then restore the image to the new disk.

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• Envy 17 2180el can I add a second hard drive, and then choose bios/boot of the system with which to start?

  Envy 17 2180el can I add a second hard drive, and then choose bios/boot of the system with which to start?

  in the case give me the link of a hard disk of type to add

  Hello

  While you can certainly add another HARD drive in the Bay of secondary drive (you must also support and the connection cable) you can't boot from it - only in the Bay of primary HARD drive is bootable.

  Kind regards

  DP - K

• Install a new hard drive and Windows 7 loading no settings are changed on the mother board or bios installation? :

  I have a desktop Dell-540 in which my c drive is a Raid 1 configuration of 1 TB (two disks to not up to 1 TB, Raid 0, which is the backup) which has all my programs and data.  I have a 2nd J: 1 TB (single drive - no raid) drive that I use as my back in-house to my drive c.

  I am running in all genres or the problems of Windows 7 as well as running out of space so I would install a new 2 TB drive as new drive c and re - install windows 7 for a clean install on a single partition.  I intend to disconnect my current c drive (which consists of my two disks in a raid 1 configuration) as well as to disconnect the 1 TB drive unique j and connect my new 2 TB drive.  I would like to install a clean version of windows 7.  So my question is this:

  If I disconnect all the old disks (c and J) and install a new one and start to load windows 7 on it, the new facility does affect the bios or motherboard settings?

  f for some reason so I have encounter problems, can I just unplug my new drive of 2 TB and re - connect my original c drive and drive j back to the motherboard and have it load up as it was before original, I unplugged my old PC would be back up and runing?  Or, install Windows 7 on a new drive change the settings of the motherboard or bios Setup that would prevent me to connect to any return to as it was before I started?

  In fact, raid 0 is striated, which means that two readers work as something one 1 TB raid 0 disk is made from two 500 GB drives. RAID 1 is mirrored, meaning that you would have two 1 TB drives each of which is one exact copy of the other. Replacing your hard drive and perform a clean installation of Windows 7 will not change your bios settings. You will need to enter the bios and change the configuration of the training of raid 0 or 1 for sata before install Windows on the new drive. To return to your original configuration and the hard disks, you will need to enter the bios and re - configure the hard drives in the raid 0 array or 1, whatever one you had.

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• Tecra M9 - reader of fingerprints and BIOS password

  Aloha
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  I already uninstalled upek protector suite ql 5.4.0.2934, but at the start, I'm still prompted to slide my finger.
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  In the field "Enter new password" press only in order to remove the old drive HARD password... Repeat this in the field "confirmation"...
  Then he must change the password for HARD drive status to "unregistered".
  After that, save the BIOS changes and exit the BIOS.

• Advice on moving 1.5 to SATA 2 HARD drive and put the Samsung SSD on SATA 1...

  My plan is to make a DVD of W10 MS

  Power off

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  Connect Samsung SSD SATA 1

  Turning and fresh install MS W10 on SSD and let it update

  Then, can I plug 1.5 to SATA 2 HARD drive and make it just my storage via disk management?

  What steps/tips to make this an easy transition?

  Paul

  It should not matter if you use SATA1 or SATA2, but there are always exceptions.

  I got a motherboard with two different SATA [Intel & Marvel] controllers with different speeds. It is unusual, so the safest bet is to use the same SATA connector for your new SSD that you used for your old HDD.

  Since you have two bootable disks, you may need to go into EUFI/BIOS and set your boot order to boot from the new SSD first.

  You should be able to access the files on the old drive without problems, but I've seen on occasion where you will get an "Access denied" error due to 'permissions' problems, especially if the original/OS disk has been protected by a password. If you have any questions, you can create a linux live boot disk "to access your files.

  Instead keep you the old drive as is, with an operating system and boot volumes on it, you must backup/move your important files to your new SSD then remove all volumes on the old disk, create a volume, and then format to use as a data/backup drive.

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• Can I install Windows 7 on an external hard drive and then put it back in the computer as a hard drive internal?

  Here's the situation, I reinstall Windows 7 on my laptop when it all of a sudden to stop. Now he cannot start Windows and only shows the Startup Repair tool. IM thinking if I can get my hard drive and put it in a hard drive enclosure and install windows in it as a hard drive external. And after installation, I will put the normal back on my laptop as a hard drive. Will this work?

  Furthermore, I can't boot any disk installation because the built-in DVD player does not work, also I can not change startup option because I can't access the BIOS, there the password and I do not know. Please someone help! :( Thank you!

  As a general rule, Microsoft allows not 'officially' most versions of Windows (9 x--> 7) to boot from an external hard drive.  However, there could be an exception to this rule.  eSATA pregnant use signals to 'SATA' HDD on an "external" port

• Qosmio E10: dead hard drive - message no. IDE DISK

  Hello

  Last night, my HDD Cree very hard and is dead now. I get the message of DISK IDE NO.
  Obviously, I need to replace the hard drive.
  Can someone please tell me how and where I can buy one. At least 80 Meg or more. Cannot find anything on the web site of Toshiba on spare parts.

  I live in Spain so need to get delivered to me.

  Also did anyone knows if someone can look at the old hard drive and try and save my data. A lot was not saved. As the photos and the children sing.

  Thank you

  jB

  Hello

  Try to join the other PC as another external HARD drive. Maybe you'll be able to save data. Otherwise, you can try to check the HARD disk using the sector repair tool. One of them is HDD regenerator.

  Maybe after having done that, you can start the OS. I had similar problem. HDD Regenerator will not HDD fix, but it can be used again.

  In my opinion that you don't need to have any special HARD drive n and I also think that you should be able to use 100 GB we. You can order as a partner in your country or take an old pc store and speak with your local dealer. He advise you what to do.

• Satellite M35X-S149 dead hard drive - need advice

  Hi all.

  My old Toshiba Satellite M35X-S149 had a dead hard drive. I took it for repair, but they said it could not be repaired and they could not recover the information about it.

  I think to be auctioned on eBay for parts only. I wonder if all the data that might be on the hard drive can be hacked somehow. I doubt if there is anything that it doesn't matter who would be able to do anything with anyway, but I would like the opinion of someone who knows more about this kind of thing than me.

  Thanks in advance for any ideas or advice.

  Carla

  Hey Buddy,

  Why you n t remove the HARD drive before you sell the laptop? I would never sell a HARD drive on eBay because some people try to restore the data. If I have a HARD drive that I don't need more, I use it as HARD drive external or I trash because cheap hard drives these days, you get can 500 GB for about 50 Euros.

  Finally, and especially if the HARD drive is really bad, nobody seems so just remove and sell your laptop without HARD drive. ;)

• Satellite A350-20 q - dead hard drive?

  Hello

  I have a Toshiba Satellite A350-20 q. There always work very well and I use it as my main computer. A week ago I fell asleep without turning off, and when I awoke in the morning, the system had frozen. I tried to make it respond with ctrl alt del and try to sleep, but he had completely locked up and nothing worked so I thought that I had no choice but to hold the power button until it turned off. Once I had rebooted the machine upward it started to load ok but once he had got up in front of loading with the Green scroll bar and on the Welcome screen first bells were ringing and then the hard drive starts clicking and cry, almost like a mixture of a 56 k modem and the rattling noise makes your drive hard when windows starts everything first up on the desktop.

  Now, what I'm trying to get it to load it does the same thing. I tried many things are:

  -Just leave it starts normally

  -From each safemode parameter it gives

  -Startup Repair

  - And where you press f8 and choose repair your computer.

  They all get about 5 seconds to load anything to do with windows and crashed. Clicks last about a minute and then stop and ive left in each of these situations for about 20 minutes to see if it will charge eventually but it just stuck in the same place.

  But what I want to know is, is the dead hard drive or can it be repaired with a new installation of windows. I read somewhere that the hard drives make these noises when they suffer "boot failure"? I can talk complete nonsense here I don't really know much about how to work hard disks and what it takes to get fixed.

  I have a desktop pc and another PC toshiba laptop Equium which can be used to help recover the disk hard if it's possible or even necessary. I don't mind forking out for the recovery disk if I'm sure that his will solve the problem without losing all my data. I asked a guy on a market that had a pc repair saddles but he just said ' dead hard drive I sell you a new "and I had yet to explain everything I just said that he made strange noises so im guessing that he was trying to me con.

  If theres anything I left out or any other questions, I can answer which may help to sort then I'll do my best to answer. I really don't want to lose all my data and I can't really afford to buy a new hard drive with Christmas coming ive just had our 400 pounds on getting my car fixed the fork and MOTed are therefore a bit tight at the moment so if I can fix it without having to spend any money then that would be perfect.

  Thank you for taking the time to read my post and I hope that someone out there knows a solution to my problem.

  Ross.

  Hi Ross

  To be honest, I also think that HARD drive is defective.

  As a first step, you should check if there is a way to access all of your important data.
  You can get 2.5 SATA HDD box and put it inside the HDD of your Satellite A350. Connect it to your other satellite and you will see if you will be lucky and have full access to the HARD disk. If so, back up all your data.

  After having done that, put the HARD drive in your A350 and try installing the OS using original recovery image. I hope that you created the recovery DVDs. If the original image is unable to be installed this will be the sign that the HARD drive may be... you know what I mean.
  You can also try is put this drive in satellite (if SATA HDD can be used here) and try to install the satellite image.

  Test a little.

  If nothing helps, you buy new HARD drive. Check eBay. You'll find used 300 GB HDD for 30 or 40 euros. Hey this is not big investment and I think you can spend so much money.

• Satellite 5100 503: change the HARD drive and start questions

  My hard drive in my Satellite 5100 broke down and I want to change it.

  According to various posts in the forum, it is not possible to start the 5100 from a CD when there is a (new) hard drive in the machine. And the only way to change the boot sequence is via Windows - what does more - there is no other way to change the settings of the BIOS within Windows.

  I looked in the manual - I find no mention after pressing F12 C or any other combination to change the boot sequence (of course I tried yet without result). The only thing I found possible is to press ESC + F1 for BIOS settings default _restore_. And turning the power on by pressing on the left of the space bar gives me the opportunity to Flash a new BIOS.

  Is this really so? Because that would mean I'm stuck. And in this case I will just save the money for the new hard drive and throw my laptop... (and probably by another brand next time - but I sincerely hope that is not so much...)

  Thanks in advance.

  Best regards
  Thomas

  Nice. ;)
  To my knowledge, it was always possible to boot from the CD. Also, after replacing the HARD drive

• replacement hard drive and using recovery discs made by myself.

  HPdv6 mobile 2119tx. After replacing hard drive and loading the recovery discs (which I did) successfully, now it reboot something messages cannot locate the disc or load bootable disc (sorry, don't remember the exact wording, but back to the beginning). Could this be because I replaced a 650 GB drive with a 500 GB drive.

  Hello:

  Normally you cannot use recovery on a smaller hard disks.

  But you should be able to boot from the first disc of recovery at least and see what happens.

  To do this, you must have the first disc in your dvd player.

  Restart the PC and at the beginning of your homescreen HP, tap key ESC then choose one time start in the menu.  Since then, select the DVD drive and continue.

  If the ESC key method does not work, press the F9 key instead.

  It depends on the type of BIOS in your PC (normally according to his age) which key you need to type.

• How to install the new hard drive and windows key?

  Hello

  I have a aspire v5-121-c72g32nkk.
  I have just updated to Windows 10, don't panic, but I want to upgrade my HD drive to a SSD drive.

  You can find the steps to do this?
  Windows was preinstalled, how I reinstall on another drive?
  I have no serial key or whatever it is.
  I'm a bit lost, you have an idea?

  Best,

  There are several ways to do this, anyone have product keys, since

  If you want to do a clean install:

  Windows 7-8 - 8.1 keys are embeeded on your BIOS

  Windows 10 use a generic key during the upgrade, so just skip the steps questions about a product key and the first time you connect on the web, it will authenticate to.

  You must decide:

  (1) do a clean install of your operating system to factory

  (2) make a disk - image of the system image and reload

  (3) to do a clean install of windows 10

  option 2 is the fastest at the end, as you create a copy of your HARD drive and reload it to your PC.

  you need a bootable windows 10 (USB or DVD) media and little space on external HARD drive.

• I formatted my hard drive, and when I try to install an operating system, repeat me "bootmgr is missing".

  I formatted a hard drive and when I try to install an o/s he repeats to me bootmgr is missing. I tried 2 o/s XP and win7 is just does not start... and the BIOS is missing pls help.

  original title: I formatted

  Create a bootable CD using one of the two utilities listed below. The utility allows you to delete the partition so that the disk space is listed as "unallocated". Do not create a new partition, just boot from the Windows CD or DVD and let the installation process to create the Windows partition.

  -Partition management utilities-

  Partition Wizard Home Edition:
  http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
  Note: There is also a CD bootable or versions of the bootable Flash drive:
  CD: http://www.partitionwizard.com/partition-wizard-bootable-cd.html
  Flash player: http://www.partitionwizard.com/bootable-flash-drive.html
  Among the features and functions: create partition, Delete partition, Format partition,.
  A partition resize, move partitions, Partition recovery after an accidental deletion,
  Convert the partition, partition Explore, Hide partition,
  Change the drive letter, a partition active Set, Explorer (content display) of the partition.
  Note: To complete any task use the "Pending Operations" box at the bottom left.

  Alternative to Partition Wizard (a bit easier to use, but Partition Wizard and EASUS have almost identical user interfaces)
  EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition (free):
  http://www.partition-tool.com/
  Partition software ALL-IN-ONE and the most convenient hard disk partition manager Kit
  Includes Partition Manager, Disk & Partition copy Wizard and Partition MBR and GUID partition GPT disk recovery Wizard (table) on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 (32-bit and 64-bit).
  It allows users to resize/move Partition, drive system extend, copy Disk & Partition, Partition merge, Split Partition, redistribute free space, convert dynamic disk, Partition Recovery and much more.

  General fill info zero (including screenshots): http://gizmodo.com/5494427/leave-no-trace-how-to-completely-erase-your-hard-drives-ssds-and-thumb-drives

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com