Question Bios Locked IDE Drive.

[Tymejias]

In the early 2000s, i had a Dell Inspiron laptop running windows ME. Out of curiosity and tech enthusiasm, i put a password on the Harddrive at BIOS. This is not the system bios password but rather Hard Drive password set at bios. Over time this laptop got slower due to demands and some the screen got broken. I removed the Hard drive without disabling the BIOS password from BIOS and now the laptop is completely destroyed. This Hard drive is an IDE based hard drive. When i connect this drive to another laptop using an external IDE adaptor, it brings a connected sound but does not show in Disk Management or My computer. Disk Part also does not show it. Is there anyway i can access this hard drive again. I don't mind formatting it. I can still retrieve the data if it is formatted. I just need it to come up first. Any ideas or help please ?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

A drive thus protected is a throwaway if you forget the password. That's as designed.

 

[Moonstick2]

If you've got the password, you need a computer which supports BIOS unlocking for that disk.

If you've not got the password, you're saying "Hey everybody, I've this encrypted drive but I don't have the password, can you help me get the data please?", i.e. asking us to trust that you are the legitimate owner of the data even if there is a way to do it.