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| 46811 | 2002-05-02 10:00:00 | My friend's sister has inherited a laptop from her ex which has a bios password on it. (It asks for a password before it boots.) He refuses to tell her what the password is. Does anyone know how to bypass the bios password so she can access her files? Thanks. Joe Davies |
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| 46812 | 2002-05-02 13:18:00 | Check you manual, some motherboards have a jumper you can change to clear the password. If you have no manual look on the motherboard and it is sometimes written beside the jumpers. Failing this you could take the battery out of the m/board for a couple of hours and it should clear the CMOS & resort to default values. Might pay to wait & see if anyone else posts a response as I am a bit shaky in this area & someone may have better advice. |
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| 46813 | 2002-05-03 03:53:00 | If it's an Award BIOS, try the AWARD_SW password. If it's a very modern laptop, I hear that some manufacturers use EEPROM so the CMOS battery trick does not work. | Guest (0) | ||
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