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Hi Hamperking68, You are a champ in helping me solve the problem I created. Your last suggestion of holding down the left Alt+F10 buttons kicked start the HDD>recovery screen>windows signin>back on track>with the exception of having to type in an extra password every time the laptop starts>lost...

At least I can hear & feel that the HDD is running which is a great start

Hi Hamperking68, Currently doing a system restore via advanced options, will keep you posted as this will take sometime. Thank you heaps for getting me to this stage.

System BIOS Version: V2.17, any question please ask.

Hi Hamperking68, That is quite ok, apologies accepted. The BIOS on the Acer Aspire laptop is Phoenix SecureCore Tiano. From what I read on the www I am unable to undo the password for the HDD. I accept this and happy to ask my family to all enter the password when the laptop starts. I believe I...

I don't mean to be rude, but I think that you lost the plot altogether. I bought this laptop around 2 years ago from an authorised Acer dealer & still have the receipt for it. I can assure you that it is not a password problem because I am the one who put the password in to enable the HDD to be...

Hi Hamperking68, You may have misunderstood my post. I do NOT need any passwords. I know my password & do not have a problem accessing my laptop. My question is I want to get the HDD status off the Frozen status. Do you understand what I mean. Thanks anyway.

Hi Bloggers, I have an Acer aspire v5 notebook laptop that is quite new but past by its warranty date. For some reason I went into the BIOS screen settings & put a password for the HDD which now displays as FROZEN. I know the password and never ever entered it wrong, even once. I want to disable...