One of my friends forgot laptop,s hard disk password

Discussion in 'other software & services' started by aigle, Dec 7, 2012.

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  1. aigle

    aigle Registered Member

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    Short story. One of his kids put a password on HD in BIOS and then forgot. Now he is unable to boot and and no way to fix even he went to many PC guys/ shops etc.

    Any free solution to bypass it?

    Thanks
     
  2. Reset the bios? Take out the battery in the motherboard, leave for 20 minutes THEN PUT THE BATTERY BACK IN that should reset the BIOS.
     
  3. DVD+R

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    If the above suggestion doesn't work, download xp live cd or vista live cd, and boot from it, then you can remove the password
     
  4. Brian K

    Brian K Imaging Specialist

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    If it is a HD password rather than a BIOS password, good luck.
     
  5. aigle

    aigle Registered Member

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    It,s a HD password set in the BIOS.
     
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    aigle Registered Member

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    I read somewhere that it doesn,t work for laptops. Is that true?
     
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    Hmm.... where I can find that option.
     
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    Thanks. will go through it.
     
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