Bios Password Removal
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From: Mike on 16 Jul 2005 23:09 Remove the BIOS jumper or remove the MB battery. Mike <ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message news:42d478bd.2632414(a)nntp.charter.net... > Actually, Pettar Nordahl-Hagen's free password cracker works quite well, > but > only on NTFS file systems. It won't do squat for the motherboard > password. I > suppose the original poster could always replace the motherboard. What > good is > a hard drive without the computer? Well, it has some value, but not > nearly as > much as an entire working notebook computer... Ben Myers > > On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:40:06 GMT, "Dennis" <nobody(a)verizon.net> wrote: > >>My guess is, the reason the pawn shop sold you a laptop with the password >>set is because it was probably stolen. There is a way of removing the >>password, but no one here is going to tell you how to do that. In the end >>you may find that not only is the BIOS password set, but also the hard >>drive's (I set both). I also use locating software should anyone steal my >>laptop and then try to connect to the Internet. If the hard drive is >>using >>NTFS structure and has the password set, you will no choice but to replace >>it and install a new operating system. Not such a great buy now, is it? >> >><nsrascal2(a)ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message >>news:izDye.57211$Ph4.1671059(a)ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca... >>> Hi, >>> I just bought a used Dell Latitude D600 and it has a password in Bios >>> that >>> will not allow me to change any settings .Can anyone tell me a backdoor >>> Password that will unlock this feature? >>> Thank you >>> >> >> >
From: Tom Scales on 17 Jul 2005 06:36 Won't help on a laptop. "Mike" <question(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:_ZjCe.2444$2h1.628(a)trnddc05... > Remove the BIOS jumper or remove the MB battery. > > Mike > > <ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message > news:42d478bd.2632414(a)nntp.charter.net... >> Actually, Pettar Nordahl-Hagen's free password cracker works quite well, >> but >> only on NTFS file systems. It won't do squat for the motherboard >> password. I >> suppose the original poster could always replace the motherboard. What >> good is >> a hard drive without the computer? Well, it has some value, but not >> nearly as >> much as an entire working notebook computer... Ben Myers >> >> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:40:06 GMT, "Dennis" <nobody(a)verizon.net> wrote: >> >>>My guess is, the reason the pawn shop sold you a laptop with the password >>>set is because it was probably stolen. There is a way of removing the >>>password, but no one here is going to tell you how to do that. In the >>>end >>>you may find that not only is the BIOS password set, but also the hard >>>drive's (I set both). I also use locating software should anyone steal my >>>laptop and then try to connect to the Internet. If the hard drive is >>>using >>>NTFS structure and has the password set, you will no choice but to >>>replace >>>it and install a new operating system. Not such a great buy now, is it? >>> >>><nsrascal2(a)ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message >>>news:izDye.57211$Ph4.1671059(a)ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca... >>>> Hi, >>>> I just bought a used Dell Latitude D600 and it has a password in Bios >>>> that >>>> will not allow me to change any settings .Can anyone tell me a backdoor >>>> Password that will unlock this feature? >>>> Thank you >>>> >>> >>> >> > >
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