Acer Aspire V7-582, Service Manual

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2-24 System Utilities
Figure 2-36. Selecting HDD
12. In DOS mode, input unlockHD XXXXXXXX (Where XXXXXXXX is the backdoor key;
example here is 68960818). The exe will generate an backdoor password(example
here is 77648238).
Figure 2-37. Getting backdoor HDD password
13. On the system with the locked HDD password, enter the backdoor password in the
window with the backdoor key. Refer to Figure 2-33.
14. Press
Enter
after entering the backdoor password to enter
BIOS Setup Menu
.
15. Ensure the
HDD Password
option under
Security
is set to
Clear.
Figure 2-38. HDD password cleared