If you have lost or forgotten the password set on your Hard Drive you are in serious trouble. There is no easy way to resolve this situation. You need to be a laptop hard drive expert and may even need a clean rooom. You could contact the manufacturer of the laptop and they might or might not be able to help you. There is one company I found that can do this for $85 Nortek Computers Ltd. of Canada. Sound like an expensive repair, as this does not include the shipping costs. These days it might be cheaper to purchase a larger replacement drive, unless the data on the laptop is critical and you have to have it.