IBM Thinkpad 600e can't get past password prompt...

can u boot from floppy? if its enabled its easy to wipe the cmos password. also check ibm website for a recovery disk but that still requires either floppy or cd boot ---------- Sent via Telus My Email 2.0 -----Original Message----- From: Al Hartman Sent: 6/18/2009 5:21:44 PM To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: IBM Thinkpad 600e can't get past password prompt... I bought a thinkpad 600e for a friend several years ago on eBay. She put it in storage for a year, and when she pulled it out the backup battery has died. I replaced it, but now the unit is asking for a password. We never set a CMOS password, the eBay seller's email no longer works and I need to get to her data on the HDD which is also locked. Everything I searched tells how to wipe the HDD, but not how to recover the data without shipping the drive to someone who will do it for much more than the laptop and drive is worth. Anyone have a way I can get into the unit and unlock it? I can buy another unit cheap, but that doesn't get me into the HD. Al