Yesterday, I changed my main drive letter from "C" to "S," which ended up locking me out of my laptop. I followed some advice and downloaded a boot repair tool (Hirens Boot CD), but now my main partition doesn't even show up. Today, my laptop is asking for a hard drive password, which I never set, so I'm stuck. Does anyone know how I can regain access to my Acer Aspire 3?
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Just out of curiosity, why did you change your drive letter in the first place?
Are you being prompted for a Bitlocker key at all? If so, it might be saved in your Microsoft account, so check there!
After entering the wrong password a few times, it asked for a key. I found the key online, entered it, and generated a password that worked, but now my screen is just black.
If you have access to another device that supports USB drives, consider installing a Linux distro like Linux Mint on it. Then, plug your troubled device in, reboot into BIOS, make sure USB boot is enabled, and set it as the first boot option. After restarting, boot up in Linux, find the Disk Utility, change the drive letter back, then restart normally and hope that resolves the issue!
Will this really work? I tried using Parrot for repairs, but it showed my whole drive as unallocated space and didn’t detect it at all with the boot repair tool.
I can't say for sure what happened, but my drive is finally recognized again! I changed the letter back to "C," but now I'm just getting a black screen with a mouse cursor.
Have you thought about flashing your motherboard?
What does that involve?
I was trying to set up a dual-boot with Linux and Windows, but Linux wouldn't boot at all. I found some advice online suggesting changing the drive letter could help.