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  Post edited by: katy_c

  Hello Katy

  After reading your thread I don't understand what you've done to lock your computer.
  Still is it BIOS password cannot be set by mistake.

  When the BIOS password to settle should be written twice before, it will be activated.

  What to do now? Is that the BIOS password can be deleted by a combination of keys or something simple. BIOS password is the most important safety feature and must offer the maximum protection of the BIOS.
  You can sell your laptop without HARD drive too. On eBay, I saw many laptops that will be offered without HARD drive for data protection reasons. HARD drive can be exchanged for less money and it is not so important hardware component.

  In the history I see a problem only: BIOS password. You can offer a little cheaper laptop and the new owner can pay for password removal.

  It is not easy to give you the right answer. I just want to be a little more realistic.

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  Sadie

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• How can I wipe old hard drive from the laptop of computer death without jeopardizing the new laptop?

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• wipe the hard drive

  Hello

  After windows has failed and recovery disks has failed, failed on the second disc. If I erased the hard drive using killdisc active and used the recovery disks (made at time of purchase) what are the chances if you work or can we buy HP recovery discs.

  DV7-1050ef

  Windows Vista 32 bit

  nothing has changed and work very well before that windows does not

  Hello

  Try the following to see if you can get your existing recovery disc works properly.

  Judgment of the laptop.  Tap away at f10 you start Notepad to open the menu of the bios.  Under Advanced Options or diagnosis tab, you will find the possibility to run tests on the hard drive and memory.  Post back with the details of any error message.

  If the criteria above, try the following.

  As you have used KillDisk, make sure you have wiped the entire hard disk, when you use KillDisk, highlight (80 h) and press f10 - ( This will make sure you include all partitions and then start the process).

  When the process is complete, remove the CD from Killdisk, insert your first recovery disk and try the installation again.

  Kind regards

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