You should not use the Password Security control panel on the PowerBook (FireWire) computer.

The Password Security control panel does not come with the PowerBook (FireWire) computer and cannot be custom installed. If you copy the Password Security control panel from another computer and try to use it on the PowerBook (FireWire), you risk losing data on the PowerBook (FireWire) computer's hard disk.

If you have installed the control panel, an Apple Authorized Service Provider should be able to:

• remove the hard drive from your computer
• move it to an older PowerBook that is compatible with Password Security
• disable the security software
• reinstall the drive in your PowerBook with the data intact.