Question Need help erasing data from password protected HDD

[EnzoFrasca]

Hi everyone, so my lawyer gave me this laptop to install windows, but the thing is that after the logo screen i get asked to input a password, the message says Harddisk Security and there's only one option "Hitachi HTS545025B9ALock" I tried installing windows and also running dban and cbl data shredder, all from a flash drive, but the same message keeps showing up, all I want to do is wipe the whole drive.

Is there a way to format the whole drive to make it usable again?

 

[rgd1101]

https://www.dell.com/community/Windows-General/harddisk-security/m-p/4094863/highlight/true#M357808
probably the same think on your laptop

 

[hang-the-9]

Why not just ask the person that gave you the system to wipe what the password was set to? If they forgot, then a replacement drive is not very expensive to get.