Acer Aspire one Series - What to Bring to Meetings; Taking the Computer Home; Special Considerations (Travel)

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Remove HDD/BIOS Password Utilities
This section provides you with details about removing HDD/BIOS password methods:
Removing HDD Password:
If you key in the wrong HDD password three times, an error code is generated.
To reset the HDD password, perform the following steps:
1. On a different machine, run the HDD_PW.EXE file along with the error code generated. For example:
hdd_pw 15494 0
2. Select an option to generate upper case or lower case ASCII code for unlocking the HDD.
3. Two strings are generated as output. Select and note down either one of the strings.
4. Reboot the machine with the locked HDD and then use either one of the strings as the HDD user
password.