You need to contact Dell first and they will tell you If ownership is in question. Then you would have to perform a transfer of ownership form found here before they will take it to the next level.
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/change_order/tag_transfer?c=us&cs=rc956925&l=en&s=genIf you cannot provide proof of ownership then you are looking at replacement of the hard drive.
If there is data that needs to be accessed on the hard drive, then this would require a professional service.
http://www.nortek.on.ca/Password%20Removal/PasswordRemoval.aspx