Old password protected laptop drive

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] Namens Teo Zenios Verzonden: zaterdag 22 augustus 2009 8:46 Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Onderwerp: Old password protected laptop drive I recently won an IBM 540MB laptop HD for the old Thinkpad 755 series and I found out it is password locked. IBM DHAA-2540 Security level MAX All I want to do is erase and use the drive, to do that I run the ATA command security erase prepare, and then security erase unit. To do the latter you need a master password which I don't have (tried all spaces). Anyone happen to know what the default password would be for that series? If the master password was changed from default is it hosed permanently? Any other way around it so I can use the drive?