Hard disk password set in BIOS

Question

One day when I switched on my dell inspiron 600m notebook, before booting up it started asking the hard disk password. Now I have never set up a hard disk password on my laptop so  was amused after seeing this. After switching it on and off for two to three times I was able to boot up my laptop.   However after few days I again started getting the prompt for hard disk password and this time laptop didn't boot up even after switching it on/off two three times. Everytime it was showing hard disk password screen, as I haven't set up the password I was not able to pass through the screen. Could you help me out in this problem?

leduke30 · Answer

If you were the original owner, contact Dell support.

BakerMS · Answer

I am having a huge problem with this as well.  The same glitch has also disabled my LAN card on Inspiron 1150.  I had to burn a DOS CD and use the ASSET utility to reinstall the service tag.  I got everything working, then two or three power-ups later..same problem!   My BIOS is completely unstable, forgetting settings, etc...  Some part of XP (LAN driver???) is mistakenly flashing the BIOS I think.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!   Matt

BakerMS · Answer

Almost forgot...   On my system, the hardware password is reset to <>   Just hit the ENTER key.   The BIOS documentation says the null password disables the security.  Could be the old \c\l problem.   Maybe you will get lucky like me   Matt

leduke30 · Answer

If you are losing BIOS Settings, you probably need a new CMOS battery

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Hard disk password set in BIOS

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