forgotten password on laptop advice required

Acehole_2

lol you just beat me to it, taking the battery off should reset the bios to default settings. clearing the password in the process, or at least asking for another one to be set

fwor

Yes, that would be good, but have you actually tried removing the BIOS battery on a laptop?

Last one I did (an IBM of some description) you had to remove the keyboard first, which involved loads of microscopic screws!

2_litre

fwor wrote: »

Yes, that would be good, but have you actually tried removing the BIOS battery on a laptop?

Last one I did (an IBM of some description) you had to remove the keyboard first, which involved loads of microscopic screws!

yes i did it today :rolleyes:

gill07

hi will give it a go. daft question but where is the battery and is anyone willing to talk me through it.am ok at things like this with correct and easy to understand instructions.
cheers gill

fwor

Laptops vary a lot - each make and model will be different. For example on my Compaq Evo N600c you have to remove the cover on the underside where the memory goes, remove the memory and then take out what they call the RTC battery for 5 mins to clear the BIOS password.

If you say what make and model you have it will be easier - otherwise we're just guessing.

gill07

hi its a dell latitude d600

fwor

Disconnect all power. Remove the battery. Ensure you touch bare metal on the chassis to discharge static. Find the reserve battery cover on one side of the battery compartment. Depress the latch & remove cover. Disconnect 3-cell battery, leave out for a while then reverse the procedure.

Or you could go to the Dell website and view the service manual for your model (as I just did), in which case you get the above, with pictures.

gill07

thank you will give iot a go.let you know how i get on

gill07

hi have removed battery.when i put it back and switched on it still wont let me do anything.it says configure set up is disabled.and on password page you cant do anything until you enable configure set up which i dont know how to do.it wont even let me alter time. any suggestions please

startrekker

gill07 wrote: »

hi thanks for reply.how do you set the bios to boot from cd? i managed to run cd in guest account but that wouldnt remove password from admin. i cant see it working as you wouldnt be able to run cd at login screen would you.or would it not come up on login screen if you boot from cd?

instructions HERE to set the boot device priority, if you want to go down the route fo using the xp disk to restore

There is a bit of talk that the backdoor password to the bios is DELL...... you could try this as a long shot