IceMan NZ Posted June 11, 2012 Member ID: 694 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 14 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 440 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 115 Achievement Points: 2734 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 6, 2022 Birthday: 01/05/1989 Posted June 11, 2012 Hey a mate of mine has set a password on his Dell e6420 laptop but forgot what it is he wants reformate but cant get past the password, does anyone know how this can be done? Awards
WiZiD Posted June 11, 2012 Member ID: 804 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.64 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 26 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Device: Windows Posted June 11, 2012 is it a bios password? If not what OS? Awards
WiZiD Posted June 11, 2012 Member ID: 804 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.64 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 26 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Device: Windows Posted June 11, 2012 All the searching I did and most all states you have to pay about $30 to get a master password. Good luck http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/59070-35-dell-e6400-bios-master-password http://www.unlockbiosrecovery.com/Unlock_Dell_Bios.php Awards
IceMan NZ Posted June 11, 2012 Member ID: 694 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 14 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 440 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 115 Achievement Points: 2734 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 6, 2022 Birthday: 01/05/1989 Author Posted June 11, 2012 (edited) thanks mate, I'll pass that onto him Edited June 11, 2012 by Iceman_NZ Awards
hackeklaus Posted June 11, 2012 Member ID: 1012 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 935 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 269 Achievement Points: 5547 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 8, 2020 Birthday: 11/23/1987 Posted June 11, 2012 like wizid asked, wich passwort? if u need the passwort for the os than i may can help u, just tell me wich win he has running. Awards
fireurza Posted June 11, 2012 Member ID: 677 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1457 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 791 Achievement Points: 9890 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 11/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16, 2024 Birthday: 02/20/1986 Posted June 11, 2012 if its the windows one you dont need to pay 30 bucks... there are several ways pass a windows password. heck if he has everything off of it he can do a restore without ever going into anything but the bios Awards
Cylon Posted June 11, 2012 Member ID: 2447 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 13 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 306 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 226 Achievement Points: 2172 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/01/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 20, 2023 Birthday: 09/07/1993 Posted June 11, 2012 Plus, you don't need to get past the password to reformat . Awards
LOCO Posted June 11, 2012 Member ID: 465 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 59 Topic Count: 397 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2182 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 2640 Achievement Points: 20166 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 09/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 4, 2024 Birthday: 02/09/1977 Device: Windows Posted June 11, 2012 if its a windows password you can use Active Disk Image to make a boot disk that will let you delete the passwords for the users Awards
hackeklaus Posted June 11, 2012 Member ID: 1012 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 935 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 269 Achievement Points: 5547 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 8, 2020 Birthday: 11/23/1987 Posted June 11, 2012 if it is the bios password, give me the serialnumber of the laptop i think i found a way to find the pw. it should look like this or similar -> 111Z6R1-1D3B Awards
Tatsujin Posted June 11, 2012 Member ID: 3352 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 6 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 114 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 27 Achievement Points: 746 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/04/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 31, 2013 Birthday: 08/08/1979 Posted June 11, 2012 a bios password on a desktop can be easily reset in about 10 seconds without downloading any programs. not sure about a laptop as i've never seen the inside of one.
IceMan NZ Posted June 12, 2012 Member ID: 694 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 14 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 440 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 115 Achievement Points: 2734 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 6, 2022 Birthday: 01/05/1989 Author Posted June 12, 2012 hey guys, thanks for the replys my mate has got his laptop sortedn not sure what he did Awards
hackeklaus Posted June 12, 2012 Member ID: 1012 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 935 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 269 Achievement Points: 5547 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 8, 2020 Birthday: 11/23/1987 Posted June 12, 2012 in laptops u usally dont have a cmos, so no battery to put out and back in. i heard that some laptops have a resetjumper but this are only the really old 5 tons heavy laptops i think. Awards
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