Turn off Built-In HDD password?

Right, when I first got my laptop (Toshiba Satellite Pro L300-12H), I set an HDD password, but now I've decided to get rid of it, and just use XP passwords (as there are now multiple accounts). The thing is, I can't! I can't disable the password, nor can I even change it to something like, "a". I thought it might not allow simple passwords, so I tried "house321" for example, pressed F10 to exit with saved changes - nothing!
What can I do? I can access the BIOS set-up, but nothing in there seems to help
I also tried entering my password followed by \ which I read while looking for solutions, and that didn't help
Any suggestions?

Sure LooieENG , why not? =D
http://laptopforums.toshiba.com/t5/Satellite-Laptops-A-Series/HDD-password-is-frozem-BIOS-hard-disk-...

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Remove built-in HDD password (Satellite Pro L300)

I already posted a topic but it didn't get any working answers, and I can't post in it to bump it any more.
Anyway, I know the password, and I can boot up into Windows, get into BIOS, etc..I just can't remove the password, not change it. There's no BIOS user password set, or a supervisor password set, just an HDD password. I want to remove it and just have the Windows XP passwords. This is really frustrating now. I just upgraded to the latest BIOS version about an hour ago, and still no luck
Any ideas?
These are the suggestions I tried:
"http://laptopforums.toshiba.com/t5/Satellite-Laptops-A-Series/HDD-password-is-frozem-BIOS-hard-disk-..."
"You should be able to remove the password by first entering the current password, then just hitting <enter> for both of the "new password" entries.
If that's not clearing the password, then something else is amiss. :-("
The thing is, there isn't a thing for current password, new password and confirm new password, there's just one thing that says built-in HDD password within the security bit of the BIOS setup, and no matter what you enter, the changes aren't reflected
Edit: Seems you can't change or remove the HDD password. How ridiculous.

If you didn't set a hard drive password and the system suddenly starts asking for one, that is one symptom of a drive failure. As far as I know, there is no way to reset, remove, or otherwise defeat a hard disk password once it is set so under those circumstances, I would treat the drive as failed and shop for a replacement. If the system is still under warranty, a Premier Authorized Service Provider would be the best option.

Differences between User and built-in HDD password

I wolud like to set a HDD password on my Satellite.
But when I get inside BIOS to set HDD password, I see two HDD passwords,
one says USER HDD Pasword and the other says Built-in HDD Password.
Can you tel me the difference between them and/or what is each one.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Edward

Cezzy, welcome to the forum,
I am sorry, but regardless of the circumstances this subject is not allowed to be discussed here as stated in the forum rules
No posts shall include instructions or directions intended to subvert security measures, including passwords, locking mechanisms, fingerprint scans, etc, nor shall any posts provide descriptions to the location of, nor direct links to content related to these topics.
Thread locked.
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Abu-Abdullah wrote:
Hi, my laptop (Satellite Pro M10-S405 ) has rather recently started prompting me with a message "Built-in HDD Password =" at boot up. I've never set any passwords on the hard disk in the past, I have important data in the HDD.
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