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Old October 1, 2008, 02:50 PM
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That sucks. Can you access the drive in another machine? They're usually SATA drives.....

Also, did you remove the battery while clearing cmos? Can you boot to a USB key or DVD? You could probably flash a new BIOS, which should erase the lock if it is BIOS based..
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