Comments on: How To Remove A Laptop Hard Drive http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2009/01/07/how-to-remove-laptop-hard-drive/ Hard drive recovery data recovery resource center with how to guides for windows RAID Snap server file system repair NTFS partition recovery tools tips and tricks to recover data Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:43:29 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jacqui Best http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2009/01/07/how-to-remove-laptop-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-7449 Jacqui Best Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:51:28 +0000 http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/?p=844#comment-7449 Bill, My guess is that something got fried.. if you need data on off the drive I would say clean room (physical recovery) is going to be about the only option. Bill,

My guess is that something got fried.. if you need data on off the drive I would say clean room (physical recovery) is going to be about the only option.

]]> By: Bill http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2009/01/07/how-to-remove-laptop-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-7448 Bill Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:32:07 +0000 http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/?p=844#comment-7448 I got identical D-600 with no harddrive 9 or ram, switched over those and the hard drive booted up. I was adjusting the display but then the screen froze up and I decided to power down and reboot. .. The screen had gone black and I think I pulled the hard drive about 1/4" out before I realized the power was still on. So I quickedly pulled the plug. .. Next go-round, the D-600 says "No primary hard drive" and it will not see the hard drive. Have I knocked out this hard drive? .. Thanks for info I got identical D-600 with no harddrive 9 or ram, switched over those and the hard drive booted up. I was adjusting the display but then the screen froze up and I decided to power down and reboot.
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The screen had gone black and I think I pulled the hard drive about 1/4″ out before I realized the power was still on. So I quickedly pulled the plug.
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Next go-round, the D-600 says “No primary hard drive” and it will not see the hard drive. Have I knocked out this hard drive?
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Thanks for info

]]> By: Joseph Whitehead http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2009/01/07/how-to-remove-laptop-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6631 Joseph Whitehead Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:43:52 +0000 http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/?p=844#comment-6631 Do it all the time - just got to be careful of drives that are tied to a system password. Even then, all you have to do is use a bootable CD (optional, depends on if you want to bother removing the password) and enter the password after trying to get to the BIOS setup screen to tell it to boot off the CD. Tell it to remove the password, reboot, and presto - you can reuse the drive in another machine or just use a bootable CD and don't even bother going into the BIOS setup beyond just telling it to boot off the CD. Step-by-step (No boot CD, just need to unlock drive for desktop adapter): 1) Press the button to enter BIOS setup. This is F2 on Dells, but Delete on generic computers, entirely different on other name brands. 2) Enter the password. 3) Find the setting for the password and tell it to clear the system lock password (or wording like that - it unlocks drive). 4) Exit setup, making sure to confirm that you want to save you settings and reboot. 5) Shutdown the laptop and proceed as usual. Step-by-step (Using UBCD4Windows or other bootable CD, leaving system password intact): 1) If your laptop has an option to select which device to boot off of, press the button for it after you turn on the laptop. It should tell you that it wants a password to allow you to in fact do this. 2) Choose the optical (CD/DVD/etc.) drive and press enter. 3) Once you boot into BartPE/UBCD4Win/Kubuntu/whatever, do whatever you need to do. 4) Shutdown the machine and remove the CD. Note: Substitute Boot'n'Nuke or your OS install CD if you want to wipe/repartition the drive and optionally put the OS back on it. On my Dell: Press F12 to choose what to boot off of. It's different on other brands/models. Almost all tell you the button to press but some make you get the manual to find out. Good luck, and pray that you don't need this information often! Do it all the time – just got to be careful of drives that are tied to a system password. Even then, all you have to do is use a bootable CD (optional, depends on if you want to bother removing the password) and enter the password after trying to get to the BIOS setup screen to tell it to boot off the CD. Tell it to remove the password, reboot, and presto – you can reuse the drive in another machine or just use a bootable CD and don’t even bother going into the BIOS setup beyond just telling it to boot off the CD.

Step-by-step (No boot CD, just need to unlock drive for desktop adapter):
1) Press the button to enter BIOS setup. This is F2 on Dells, but Delete on generic computers, entirely different on other name brands.
2) Enter the password.
3) Find the setting for the password and tell it to clear the system lock password (or wording like that – it unlocks drive).
4) Exit setup, making sure to confirm that you want to save you settings and reboot.
5) Shutdown the laptop and proceed as usual.

Step-by-step (Using UBCD4Windows or other bootable CD, leaving system password intact):
1) If your laptop has an option to select which device to boot off of, press the button for it after you turn on the laptop. It should tell you that it wants a password to allow you to in fact do this.
2) Choose the optical (CD/DVD/etc.) drive and press enter.
3) Once you boot into BartPE/UBCD4Win/Kubuntu/whatever, do whatever you need to do.
4) Shutdown the machine and remove the CD.
Note: Substitute Boot’n'Nuke or your OS install CD if you want to wipe/repartition the drive and optionally put the OS back on it.

On my Dell: Press F12 to choose what to boot off of. It’s different on other brands/models. Almost all tell you the button to press but some make you get the manual to find out.

Good luck, and pray that you don’t need this information often!

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