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Remove HDD/BIOS Password Utilities, CAUTION
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Remove HDD/BIOS Password Utilities 0 ! CAUTION: If Power-on Password authentication is enabled, the BIOS password can only be cleared by initiating the Crisis Disk Recovery procedure. See Crisis Disk Recovery. This section provides details about removing HDD/BIOS passwords. Remove HDD Password as follows: NOTE: NOTE: If the HDD password is incorrectly entered three times, an error is generated. (Figure 2-16) Figure 2-16. Password Error Status To reset the HDD password, perform the following: 1. From Password Error Status dialog shown in Figure 2-16, press Enter to continue. 2. The Enter Unlock Password dialog (Figure 2-18) is shown. Figure 2-17. Unlock Password Key NOTE: NOTE: An key code is generated for use with unlocking utility (Ex: 76943488). Make note of this code. Figure 2-18. Unlock Password Key 3. On separate, compatible device, boot to DOS. 2-18 System Utilities