Recovering Master Hard Drive Password

Is it possible to recovery the Master HDP?
I've been using my system for a year now without any issues. I can log into the biso and access the system via the User HDP. However I've recently logged into my BIOS and noticed that a master HDP is set. I've checked my password list and don't see it so I'm wondering if its possible to disable it with some ThinkVantage software? As stated before I can log into Win XP and do everything just fine.
If it can't be removed, does that mean that I can't more the hard drive to another system?
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Quick question but I'm guessing that the password is stored on the drive right? Basically if I put a clean HD into the HD0 Slot of my T500, it won't automaticlaly be password protected, with the same UHDP and MHDP right?
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is1981 wrote:
Does this feature applies to old systems too, let us say T40 and X40-series ThinkPads, or only to new ones?
If this feature does not apply to old systems is there a way to set a master password (only a master password, not a user one) on the drives of these old ThinkPads? Up to my knowledge the only choices are user password or master + user password. My goal is providing a mean to recover control on a drive whose user password has been set without requiring users provide a password each time the computer is booted.
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AFAIK, on the old systems such as T4x/X4x one must set both the user and the master password.
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I've read a lot of things in this forum, in the user manual, I even phoned the support Toshiba and i've still no answer to my problem.
At the first use of the PC, i defined a hard drive password. I now want to remove this password.
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I'll give that a try. However, I can not get into the bios without taking the hard drive out. Are you suggesting that I take the drive out, enable the passphrase option (it is currently disabled), put the drive back in and try that?
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