Chris Alaimo wrote:
I know this is a mac question, but you guys are pretty on the ball, so I'd rather ask you all. I just got a Mac IIsi for free. Unfortunately it is password protected and the previous owner can't remember his password as he has not used the computer in a long time. I have a set of MacOS 7.5 disks so I could reinstall the system, but it will not let me install onto the HD without the password. Is there some way to just format the drive? Is the password protection even on the drive or is it on a rom or something? Help!
First try something easy, hold down the shift key while booting the Mac. This sometimes lets you bypass the password protection.
If not then tryIf you have a set of 7.5 floppies then there's likely two disks, Disk Tools 1 & Disk Tools 2. You should be able to boot off one of those, I can't recall which one works for this particular Mac. To do that put the floppy in the drive before starting it up. After starting off the floppy, you should be able to either trash the System folder on the HD, erase the HD from the Special menu or initialize the HD using the HD SC Setup program on the floppy.
Wayne