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How to Unlock a Hard Drive

Posted: December 11, 2020

Categories: Miscellaneous

Tags: internal storage, hard drive, computer storage

Author: HP Online Store Singapore

If you’ve experienced a blue screen with a message from Windows that your hard drive is locked, it can be a bit unnerving. Will your data be OK? Is there an easy fix?

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How to Unlock a Hard Drive