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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!msuinfo!netnews.upenn.edu!wharton.upenn.edu!marco52 From: marco52@wharton.upenn.edu Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Help with software password needed Message-ID: <1993Nov8.175628.1@wharton.upenn.edu> Date: 8 Nov 93 22:56:28 GMT Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: wilma.wharton.upenn.edu HI, err I made a boo-boo on my computer. While trying to clean up my hard drive, I accidentally erased all the files in my root directory. This normally wouldn't be a problem, but I had a shareware software password installed on my hard drive. This has no problem operating w/o the .sys and .bat files. The password keeps the computer from booting from the floppy drive (it won't even ask for the password, just freezes up). I know I could take the hard drive out, but I have a laptop where this would be a big ordeal. I wouldn't want to lose my data, but if there is no alternative then I can deal with it. The password program goes by PW21+.zip or something similar. If anyone can help me, please do. I'm using it now by turning off the hard drive with the CMOS start-up utility in my computer. Thanks -Marco52@wharton.upenn.edu (Daryl Marco)