Noooooooo Nooo
Don't trash them depending on the program it's using you may end up making your drive
and system invisable or un-usable if you can boot with the extentions off Open the
extention manager and turn it off if you can or better yet set it to boot from a basic
set of extentions! Re-boot the system and work from there. Don't remove it until you
know which program it is!! Look around the hard drive for a security file program that
matches the protection file Extention name, alot of programs have a read me file on
how to shut it down and or change the password, or have a default password that may
work.
Advice.... check the start-up folder and see what starts with the system if there is
anything in there move it to another place on there hard drive! Remove the start-up
preferences also!
If all else fails boot from a dock or floppy and either format the drive, install a
new system folder or take the long route, if you have a cd or floppy such as norton
find the system folder on the cd or floppy copy that to the hard drive rename the old
system folder system old and reboot then you can play with it all you want and build
your own custom system.
Brandy
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Duo/2400 List) wrote:
>
> on 3/29/01 8:49 PM, Robert Newman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >>
> >> I got a PowerBook Duo from eBay a few weeks ago, very cheap $30
> > shipped.
> >> The owner
> >> was selling so cheap because it asks for a password when you turn it
> > on.
> >> HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What can I do???????? I don't have a dock or
> > anything,
> >> I could
> >> swap the HD with the one from a PB165 but I can't get to open this
> > thing,
> >> other than
> >> accessing underneath the keyboard. what can I do???
> >
> > Hold down the Shift key while booting the computer. This will
> > disable extensions, and SHOULD allow you to bypass the password. Find
> > the password extension/control panels for the password and trash them.
> > Should boot without the password protection after that. It worked on
> > my Duo 230.
> >
> > Robert
>
> Unless, of course, the password is on the HD Driver. If that's the case,
> then the only other way to salvage it in place would be to hook up a floppy
> drive and do the DOCS boot trick (hold down the Delete, Option, Command,
> Shift keys) to bypass the internal drive.
>
> Otherwise, you'll have to swap out the HD as has been suggested.
>
> - Eric.
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