View Full Version : How to reset BIOS for Laptops?
dahiyarules
May 16th, 2006, 04:46 PM
I have a laptop that I do not use becuase it's Windows has crashed. It has been lying around and bothering me for some time now. Now, I am a person who likes to tinker with things. So, I would like to re-install windows on it.
The problem is that it has a boot passowrd that I do not remember. I do not know how to reset its BIOS.
Can someone help me with it?
misguidedyouth
May 16th, 2006, 05:44 PM
I have a laptop that I do not use becuase it's Windows has crashed. It has been lying around and bothering me for some time now. Now, I am a person who likes to tinker with things. So, I would like to re-install windows on it.
The problem is that it has a boot passowrd that I do not remember. I do not know how to reset its BIOS.
Can someone help me with it?
Method 1. Explore your technical skills..... open up the screws remove the motherboard cell n fit it again.
Method 2. There is soft key combination (i.e. you need to keep pressed a certain sequence of keys for few moments) which is different for different models... google with your model name + reset bios key combination.
Method 3. Try doing the following>
This is what you need:
1. Your notebook
2. An empty formatted diskette (720 kb or 1,44 mb)
3. A second computer (e.g. a DOS desktop PC)
4. A hex-editor (e.g. Norton DiskEdit or HexWorks)
This is what you have to do:
1. Start the desktop PC and start the hex-editor
2. Put the disk in drive A:
3. Change the first five bytes of sector 2 (boot sector is sector 1) to: 4B 45 59 00 00
4. Save it! Now you have a KEYDISK
5. Remove the disk from drive A:
6. Put the disk in the notebook drive
7. Start the notebook in Boot Mode (push the reset button)
8. Press Enter when asked for Password:
9. You will be asked to Set Password again. Press Y and Enter.
10. You now see the BIOS configuration where you can set a new password.
And that's all! It should work on all models , just try...
You can also try with manufacturers' backdoor passwords, that could be in Toshiba == "Toshiba", be aware that this entry is case_sensitive.
Good luck!
lalit_nashier
May 16th, 2006, 10:37 PM
Thanks..............
misguidedyouth
May 25th, 2006, 12:54 AM
Method 1. Explore your technical skills..... open up the screws remove the motherboard cell n fit it again.
Method 2. There is soft key combination (i.e. you need to keep pressed a certain sequence of keys for few moments) which is different for different models... google with your model name + reset bios key combination.
Method 3. Try doing the following>
This is what you need:
1. Your notebook
2. An empty formatted diskette (720 kb or 1,44 mb)
3. A second computer (e.g. a DOS desktop PC)
4. A hex-editor (e.g. Norton DiskEdit or HexWorks)
This is what you have to do:
1. Start the desktop PC and start the hex-editor
2. Put the disk in drive A:
3. Change the first five bytes of sector 2 (boot sector is sector 1) to: 4B 45 59 00 00
4. Save it! Now you have a KEYDISK
5. Remove the disk from drive A:
6. Put the disk in the notebook drive
7. Start the notebook in Boot Mode (push the reset button)
8. Press Enter when asked for Password:
9. You will be asked to Set Password again. Press Y and Enter.
10. You now see the BIOS configuration where you can set a new password.
And that's all! It should work on all models , just try...
You can also try with manufacturers' backdoor passwords, that could be in Toshiba == "Toshiba", be aware that this entry is case_sensitive.
Good luck!
sumit bhai shayad koi tarkeeb kaam nahi aayi....... but i beleive ur laptop is working fine now... plz share how u managed to revive it???
lalit_nashier
May 27th, 2006, 09:03 PM
yes plz share how u managed to revive it???