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Dell Inspiron 7570 "Secure data wipe" Problem/Bug
Hello! I have 1TB seagate hard disk installed in my Dell Inspiron 7570 laptop (It is out of warranty) but unfortunately now it's Hard disk is locked. I wanted to erase the data from my hard disk but instead of using windows format option, I used "Secure wipe" option in BIOS but after after successful completion, it asked me to to reboot the system. After rebooting, it started asking password which I didn't set at all. Here is the message which appears right after pressing power button "Dell security Manager " "Hard-drive #***serialnumber-6FF1, the system internal HDD-0, is protected by a password authentication system. You cannot access data on this hard disk without the correct password. Please type in the hard drive password" But I have never set password on it. My laptop is locked. Please help
JOcean
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March 20th, 2019 05:00
The following Dell support page should offer more information. But you will have to contact Dell per the information in the link.
https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln142655/dell-system-prompts-for-a-hard-drive-hdd-or-bios-password?lang=en
Atif_7570
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March 20th, 2019 10:00
Aksh007
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July 4th, 2020 19:00
Did you replace the hard drive? If so, does it work now?
Atif_7570
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July 4th, 2020 21:00
Yes, I replaced it with same new Hard Disk and now it is working just fine... But that Dell Bios "Secure data wipe" Bug is still there and I am sure my Dell Inspiron 7570 will lockup again if I use this option again. They could fix it with a bios update but for some reason, they decided not to fix it and there is no bios update yet to resolve this issue.
I don't know why did they include this feature, if it does not work properly, i guess, just to destroy hardware?
Aksh007
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July 5th, 2020 07:00
Yeah, they should either improve the feature to eradicate the problems or at least warn the users about the potential errors/issues so that customers won't have to face the issues that we did. It's a waste of money to get a new hard disk as it wasn't even our fault in the first place. I also want to say thank you very much for replying. My dad told me to get a new HDD because of this issue and I was scared that this lock-up problem would persist, even after a full replacement.
Atif_7570
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July 5th, 2020 08:00
Yes exactly, replacing problematic hard disk with new hard disk will only resolve this laptop lockup issue but the actual problem/bug is still there.
No need to thank friend, this is Dell community forum we are here to solve and answer each others problems and questions