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unable to enter setup to format and reinstall

by moosep85 Feb 25, 2006 10:54PM PST

HI FOLKS, I HAVE PROBLEM THAT AS OF YET I AM UNABLE TO SOLVE. I AM UNABLE TO GET IN TO THE SETUP MODE ON MY CLEVO LAPTOP TO ENABLE ME TO FORMAT THE DRIVE AND REINSTALL WINDOWS XP PRO. I PRESS F2 IT THEN GOES INTO THE BIOS SETUP UTILITY, AND TELLS ME TO ENTER THE PASSWORD, THAT I DO NOT KNOW, IS THERE ANY WAY TYO DISABLE THIS PASSWORD SO I CAN GET IN TO SETUP MODE. I WANT TO UNINSTALL WINDOWS XP, AND THEN REINSTALL. I HAVE 2 DRIVES ON MY LAPTOP, WINDOWS IS INSTALLED ON D,WHICH IS 2GB AND DRIVE C WHICH IS 25 GB, IS THREE PERHAPS ANYWAY TO RUN MY WINDOWS DISK AND INSTALL IT ON TO MY C DRIVE. AS I SAID I DO NOT KNOW THE PASSWORD ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

MOOSE P 85

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All capital letters and one paragraph.

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Feb 25, 2006 11:15PM PST

Ouch. Too hard to read.

Best of luck,

Bob

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For a lap top you...

by Edward ODaniel Feb 26, 2006 12:02AM PST

are best served by contacting the manufacturer to get help with re-setting the BIOs password. This is because laptop manufacturer's commonly integrate a security chip to make laptop thefts more difficult.

As the registered owner simply contact their support.

http://www.clevo.com.tw/contact/default.asp

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