Computer Question ?

[Hondateck2010]

A friend of mines got a toshiba laptop 3 months ago. And him and his girfriend got into a big fight (about him cheating of course) and the broke up and she's gone with the wind. then he went to check his laptop nad there a password on the laptop (not windows) is there a way to resting the password? I thought maybe the bios batt inside



if anyone knows please let me know thanks

[Father Time]

What OS is it running?

[accord2nr81]

is it a bios pw??? maybe boot from disc.. reformat...

[9threeEX]

Not windows? what OS? In most cases you're probably SOL short of reformat and reinstall, but I'm not a top level expert.

[Hondateck2010]

Not windows? what OS? In most cases you're probably SOL short of reformat and reinstall, but I'm not a top level expert.

its the BIOS password

[Pandemic]

you'll have to take it apart.
a). sometimes there are bios PW reset jumpers
b). try taking the battery out (on the motherboard)
c). sometimes there is a 'reset' button on the bottom (use a paper clip).

[ACC0RD22]

Most passwords can be reset or bypassed by using the original OS install disc.

[CustomLowz]

A friend of mines got a toshiba laptop 3 months ago. And him and his girfriend got into a big fight (about him cheating of course) and the broke up and she's gone with the wind. then he went to check his laptop nad there a password on the laptop (not windows) is there a way to resting the password? I thought maybe the bios batt inside



if anyone knows please let me know thanks

At what part of the boot up process does it ask for a password?

[Hondateck2010]

At what part of the boot up process does it ask for a password?

When you first turn it on. The bios password. wont show setup without it and wont boot to windows without it.

its a toshiba satellite A205-S5843

There is no batt on the motherboard.

I opened it to check and i can't find it.

[Pandemic]

you'll have to take it apart.
a). sometimes there are bios PW reset jumpers
b). try taking the battery out (on the motherboard)
c). sometimes there is a 'reset' button on the bottom (use a paper clip).

if all else fails, pull the chip. The password is stored on the chip and there's really no way to crack it except for physical brute force (sit there and try to figure it out)

[Hondateck2010]

you'll have to take it apart.
a). sometimes there are bios PW reset jumpers
b). try taking the battery out (on the motherboard)
c). sometimes there is a 'reset' button on the bottom (use a paper clip).

if all else fails, pull the chip. The password is stored on the chip and there's really no way to crack it except for physical brute force (sit there and try to figure it out)

I heard of the jumpurs but cant seem to find any
The battery is were on this model
reset btton nowere

Satillite a205-s5843

[Pandemic]

you can ship it to me and I can take a look, but otherwise I wont be able to tell you much about the board.