i need some help...i have a gateway nv52 laptop,it has been sitting in storage for 18 months..when i finally get out and power it up..it asks for a "HDD USER PASSWORD" i never set one up,i am the original purchaser,bought it at best buy...i talked to a local tech and he tells me that after long periods of inactivity that the hard drive/bios password themselves..gateway wants $200.00 and me to pay one way insured shipping cost and cannot gaurantee any of my data will be saved. i dont have money like that anymore...can someone please help me out. i was directed to this forum by a man on "toms hardware" website