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Locked HD
Name: Hakemon CTS Date: June 27, 2004 at 18:05:25 Pacific OS: System 7 CPU/Ram: 68K 4MB
Comment:
I got a PowerBook 160 from a school, and the HD is locked. I have booted up to a floppy, and I cant even erase the disk cause its locked. How do I unlock the hard drive so I can use this thing???
Name: comwiz91m Date: July 5, 2004 at 13:25:27 Pacific
Reply:
When you boot from the floppy you should see a program called HD Setup or something like that. There should be an option to unlock the hard drive in it.
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