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Mar 03, 2008, 07:19 PM
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we have been given a new tower from freecycle... and it has a password. is there any way i can format the computer without having the password, or do i have to try and contact the freecycle member i got it from.
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Mar 03, 2008, 07:32 PM
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Do you have a restore CD? If so, you could probably run that, and eliminate the password...
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Mar 03, 2008, 08:05 PM
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You may be able to.
Is the password one that comes up when it first boots up or one that is set for windows? (or whatever OS you are using) |
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Mar 03, 2008, 08:08 PM
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its one that comes up when i first boot it up (nearly ready to boot it somewhere else hahaha)
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Mar 03, 2008, 08:20 PM
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Ok. Then it sounds like a bios password, and most likely if it is a bios password it would take alot, alot alot alot (alot) of work to break the password, if you even were able to do it.
Windows passwords can be bypassed and most other OS passwords can too, but bios passwords (if it was a bios password it would most likely come up somewheres directly after or during the POST test boot screen - the screen with text that tests the computer when it first comes on) are often next to impossible to break, and you certainly wouldn't be able to do that by formatting as you can't even get far enough into the system to format. I would contact them and see if they have a password. If they don't there are some other options but you would need to find someone who was somewhat technically savvy to help you, unless you are yourself. Heres an article on resetting passwords: http://www.tech-faq.com/reset-bios-password.shtml What kind of computer is it? Can you get to an OS at all? Do you know what OS it is running? And finally, what type of BIOS is it running? *It should say when it first boots up something like "Phoenix BIOS C 1995 or something of that nature. |
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Mar 03, 2008, 11:33 PM
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</font><blockquote><div id="quote"><font class="small">Quote:</font>
Mystry said: Try taking the battery out of the tower and leaving it for 5 or 10 minutes...this will reset the bios to factory settings...here therealme you will find other ways to bypass the bios password...good luck... labmice </div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> yay mystery, was the first person i thought of when i saw this thread, I knew you would know a bit more than I did! 
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Feb 10, 2013, 08:20 AM
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Whats this " battery out of a tower" business? I just want to reset my password.
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