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Thread: Bios Passwords

  1. #1
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    Bios Passwords

    I have somehow managed to set up 2 passwords in the bios that I have to enter before the laptop will turn on. One is a drivelock password and I haven't a clue what the other one is. I wish I hadn't done it as its driving me mad having to enter these in every time I turn the laptop on. I cannot find, in the bios, where to disable these now. They have vanished. I only have the option to change the password. can anyone tell me how to
    remove these please.

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    Re: Bios Passwords

    1st is the power on password 2nd is the drive lock

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    Re: Bios Passwords

    Very often, systems have two different power-on passwords.One lets you use the system but not update the BIOS. The other is the administrator password which gives you access to everything.
    At a guess, you set both. Except by some reasonably serious hacking you won't get back to the BIOS setup without that admin password. (Depending on the machine, "reasonably serious" could mean as little as removing the button battery for 15 minutes. However, that could also clear some other info that you'd reallynot like cleared.)

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