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Question

is it possble to fix this laptop

Oct 1, 2014 5:45AM PDT

i have a laptop that is password protected in bios and in windows it belonged to my mom before she passed what i wanna know is it possble to take the hard drive from that laptop plug it into my desktop and some how some way find out the password of the computer,, i want to be able to fresh install wndows but unfortunitly the boot menu is not avaible .. i jave ateped to reset the cmos but again dead end as the jumper on the board is missing seems like it was never installled says cmos but then its just a flat contact on the board.. so usb and dvd boot,, is not an option and nither is reseting the cmos is the aser aspire 5630-6317

if u know of anyway of getting that password from the hard drive once pluggedinto my desktop or just another way for me to save this laptop and make it so its not a paper weight id love to here it any help would be t\great
thanks in advance

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Absolutely.
Oct 1, 2014 5:47AM PDT

Acer and other makers reset such passwords all the time. Once in a while folk don't want to pay for the reset and in those cases, it can't be fixed.
Bob

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Maybe?
Oct 1, 2014 10:49PM PDT

Let's sort this out...

1) The bios password usually resides on the PC you're working on. That also means it's possible to use the CMOS clearing pins/PADS. A momentary touch of the area is required to reset or clear password. On laptops that may also include a security IC which is entirely separate from bios which either stores it there or has yet another and/or password security feature. Thus moving the HD from laptop to desktop ISN"T going to work to clear the bios password. At best you're dealing with the windows or whatever security that's on the HD.

2) The windows password usually is circumvented by using NTpassword pgm., which using a bootable disc/flash drive with the required s/w will address the password problem. Check and review that.

I should add, if you tend to fix the windows password and actually clear it, it still may not boot using a different PC. The problem of windows moving from one PC to another is a known issue even w/o password issue as a property of windows own protection scheme.

tada -----Willy Happy