Acer TravelMate 230 TravelMate 230/280 Service Guide - Page 57

1. After three tries, a prompt appears: (for example, if the primary master HDD is locked.) Enter Primary Master HDD Master Password [ ] 2. Enter the BIOS utility to check HDD's serial number and write it down. 3. Use another computer to generate the HDD Password with hddmas.exe or mashdd2.exe . Type the HDD's serial number, press e, HDD password will be generated. 4. Type the generated HDD password in the following prompt you set up. Enter Primary Master HDD Master Password [ ] 5. Press e, the previous HDD password you set up will be overwritten. Chapter 2 49