Portege M400 - new HARD drive retains the old HARD drive password?

I have a Portege M400 and I want to move my current hard drive with a new one.
My current hard drive is password protected (I know the password).
My questions are:

If I switch to a new hard drive, a new retains the old password or not?

Can I use the old drive with an external enclosure as an external drive, or it is impossible?

I already tried to delete the password for hard drive with the methods presented on this forum by going into the BIOS, but version 3.8 has no option to remove the HDD password and I think that it is impossible to remove it.

Please answer only if you have experience in cases like this, I don't want to spend money on the new hard drive and not be able to use as primary.

Hey Buddy

Please check this thread:
http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?MessageID=141590

You can remove the HDD password (if it s you known) in the BIOS.
In the field "User password" tab and just enter the old password. If you do want to set the new password, and then press "Enter".

See you soon

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