Bios - any way to circumvent this?

HillStreetBlues

Olinda99 said:

"There is a Dell laptop with BIOS set up. Is there any way to get around this or is this laptop only good for the dump? "

I would like to help but TBH I have no idea what this means or what problem the OP has. BIOS set up ?

Agree.
OP needs to state what the actual problem is.

Miser1964

If it was a laptop issued to the OP, don't you know the boot-up password? Or do you want to get into the BIOS to change how the machine is setup?

cerebus

Miser1964 said:

If it was a laptop issued to the OP, don't you know the boot-up password? Or do you want to get into the BIOS to change how the machine is setup?

I would have a very good guess the op missed the word "password" between "bios" and " set up" as I and several others read it that way

Op also appears to confirm this in subsequent posts

And I'm no Hercule Poiriot 

cerebus

400ixl said:

Be warned that booting the laptop past the BIOS and into the OS may well trigger any installed Corporate Management Software installed and trigger events to phone home when connected to the internet.

The laptop is not yours and never will be. As it will have corporate information on it the very least you should be doing is a complete wipe of the drive.

Why? She has left the company and clearly the company didn't care that much about the "sensetive" information on it 

Besides if you can get past the bios lock you will have to reinstall windows anyway to use it which will wipe it anyway 

PHK

cerebus said:

Miser1964 said:

If it was a laptop issued to the OP, don't you know the boot-up password? Or do you want to get into the BIOS to change how the machine is setup?

I would have a very good guess the op missed the word "password" between "bios" and " set up" as I and several others read it that way

Op also appears to confirm this in subsequent posts

And I'm no Hercule Poiriot 

Although the OP isn't very clear, I think they want a BIOS password so that they can enter the setup screen to format the drive for their own use. That's unlikely to work on a modern laptop as the setup programme will recognise the drive is locked. 

prowla

cerebus said:

400ixl said:

Be warned that booting the laptop past the BIOS and into the OS may well trigger any installed Corporate Management Software installed and trigger events to phone home when connected to the internet.

The laptop is not yours and never will be. As it will have corporate information on it the very least you should be doing is a complete wipe of the drive.

Why? She has left the company and clearly the company didn't care that much about the "sensetive" information on it 

Besides if you can get past the bios lock you will have to reinstall windows anyway to use it which will wipe it anyway 

The company cared enough to lock the BIOS.

They may well have encrypted the disk too, in which case it may not be usable without wiping it.

The laptop remains the property of the company, regardless whether they care about getting it back.

But heck, if the OP can get it working then good luck to them.

Olinda99

cerebus said:

Miser1964 said:

If it was a laptop issued to the OP, don't you know the boot-up password? Or do you want to get into the BIOS to change how the machine is setup?

I would have a very good guess the op missed the word "password" between "bios" and " set up" as I and several others read it that way

Op also appears to confirm this in subsequent posts

And I'm no Hercule Poiriot 

Ah sorry I read "BIOS setup" as having some kind of company custom BIOS installed. At least, that's what my friend Sherlock thought

if it is a BIOS password query then a simple Google of "I have forgotten my bios password" will produce several methods - probably the most reliable is the BIOS reset jumper on the motherboard

GDB2222

Apparently, you can reset it with the service tag. Seems too easy, but here’s the link 
https://logmeonce.com/resources/dell-bios-password-reset-with-service-tag/

unforeseen

GDB2222 said:

Apparently, you can reset it with the service tag. Seems too easy, but here’s the link 
https://logmeonce.com/resources/dell-bios-password-reset-with-service-tag/

That has been touted for years and never works. 
There is no cmos reset jumper on a dell laptop and disconnecting the battery doesn't work either. If you do get in and rebuild it then if it has been Autopiloted then it will want a company email and relevant password to get in unless you know how to circumvent it. 

cerebus

prowla said:

cerebus said:

400ixl said:

Be warned that booting the laptop past the BIOS and into the OS may well trigger any installed Corporate Management Software installed and trigger events to phone home when connected to the internet.

The laptop is not yours and never will be. As it will have corporate information on it the very least you should be doing is a complete wipe of the drive.

Why? She has left the company and clearly the company didn't care that much about the "sensetive" information on it 

Besides if you can get past the bios lock you will have to reinstall windows anyway to use it which will wipe it anyway 

The company cared enough to lock the BIOS.

They may well have encrypted the disk too, in which case it may not be usable without wiping it.

The laptop remains the property of the company, regardless whether they care about getting it back.

But heck, if the OP can get it working then good luck to them.

Thats the attitude!