removing hard disk password lock on IBM laptop

[sswats]

An old IBM X41 laptop has password set by the BIOS on the hard drive (ie not a windows password)

Is there any way to get this password removed?
There's no data so the drive can be wiped clean if necessary.

Its a 1.8" IDE which is annoying and expensive to get hold of, so that isn't really an option. Although i've read that i risk locking another hard drive if i put it into the laptop without remivng this password first.

 

[sswats]

There was a password on the bios too so i couldn't access BIOS settings. A friend managed to remove that so i now can access that, but couldn't fix this one.

But there is a cylinder to the left of the padlock.

It won't even boot up from any CD unless i remove the hard drive totally.