ACER ASPIRE V3-571 – V3-571G - HOW TO UNLOCK HDD / BIOS PASSWORD

TO UNLOCK

• If the HDD password is incorrectly entered three times, the HDD is locked and the Hard disk Security dialog box appears.

Perform the following to unlock the HDD:

• On the Hard disk Security dialog, press Enter to continue. The Select Item dialog box appears.

• Use the ↑ and ↓ keys to highlight Enter Unlock Password and press Enter. The Enter Unlock Password dialog box appears.

• Take note of the generated key code. In Figure example, the key code is 76943488.

NOTE:

• A separate computer is required to generate the unlock password.
• On the separate computer, boot to DOS.
• Execute UnlockHD.exeto generate an unlock password.
• Use the following command: UnlockHD [key code] with the code noted.

• Take note of the generated unlock password.
• On the original device, enter the unlock password in the Enter Unlock Password dialog box.