Questions & Answers for: Gateway M hdd clicking

need to remove "main hdd password" on gateway laptop i bought a gateway laptop from a woman who had just finished college and no longer needed it anymore. the problem is she doesnt know the hdd ...

Windows 7 Gateway M6866 laptop freezes intermittently, HDD @ 100% I have a Gateway M6866 laptop running on Windows 7 Ultimate. I've put up with this problem for about a year now, but I can't take it ...

...that using the bios menus. That's if you mean its a hdd password vs a windows. Also, you can try right clicking the hdd icon then choose properties. The security settings for it can be changed

...scan and removal, this way you can be sure it's not a virus, Go to My Computer, right click, on HDD icon, and select Properties, when it comes up, Do a Disk Cleanup. After that, do a

how did I reset my HDD password on my gateway M405? When you first turn on your system there should be a message at the bottom for you to choose an "F" key to enter BIOS.  When you push that "F" ...

m 1624 led lights up when turned on but just keeps clicking and won't come on Sounds like a bad HDD. Remove HDD and test, replace if necessary.

...not got the SATA drivers required to find the drive. It is too old. Have you initialised the new hdd? you need to go to bios and set boot options to boot to cd dvd insert your XP disk, then click ...