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Dell laptop BIOS password help
Name: Cliff Date: September 30, 2005 at 16:34:56 Pacific OS: Win2K CPU/Ram: PII 266/112meg RAM
Comment:
Help! I was given a Dell Inspiron 3200 laptop. PII 266MHz, 128 meg RAM, etc ... but I want to change the OS and have the laptop boot from a CD so I can install a different OS.
Problem: It asks for the BIOS password.
Does anyone know how to reset the BIOS or recover a password?
Name: name Date: September 30, 2005 at 18:01:24 Pacific
Reply:
Have you been to the Dell support website?
Generally, most any password can be bypassed by "clearing the bios" or as some call it the "cmos"
If you can't figure out any other way, and can't find a manual or "how-to" at Dell, then remove the battery, see if there is a hidden reset button, and remove the bios battery.
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Response Number 2
Name: GX1 Man Date: September 30, 2005 at 22:05:30 Pacific
Reply:
Go to the dell site and look up your model. The manuals are right there!
You can avoid many of these Windows problems with Linux. Linspire eases the transition for new users
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Response Number 3
Name: shmyrbob Date: October 7, 2005 at 09:00:35 Pacific
Reply:
This link has the info you are looking for.
http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic18780-pg3.html
There is a link in this thread that shows you how to dump the eeprom to another computer and recover the password.
I personall have not tried it yet but plan to this weekend.
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