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Reset bios password on laptops
Name: Mihai Date: December 11, 2003 at 02:07:16 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: Pentium Mobile P4 1.7Ghz
Comment:
I can reset bios password on any laptop dell , compaq ,toshiba , siemens ,fujitsu..... only ibm no .
Name: wired Date: December 11, 2003 at 07:32:23 Pacific
Reply:
mihai,
On most mobo's there's a jumper that you can use that will reset your bios and wipe out any passwords. Unfortuantely, you may have a problem getting to it on a laptop and you may void your warranty getting to it if there's any warranty left.
good luck, wired
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Response Number 2
Name: zeb Date: December 11, 2003 at 13:23:50 Pacific
Reply:
I don't understand what you'll saying but if the problem is you need to get into your bios and you forgot the password,I made a bootdisk that will clear most passwords in bios if you like I'll send it to you.
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Response Number 3
Name: Dave357 Date: December 11, 2003 at 20:47:12 Pacific
Reply:
Mihai, are you sure that it's a BIOS password, & not a harddrive password. If it's the latter, you may as well use the HD for a paperweight. I've only found one company that claims to be able to clear the IBM HD password, & it's expensive (about $100 US to clear the password without file recovery, & much more with file recovery). You also would need to be able to prove that the HD really belongs to you.
HTH
Dave
By the way...if anyone has found a way to clear the HD password, I'd be grateful for the info. I've got a few perfectly good HD's laying around here that I'm locked out of.
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