LOL I just read that Toshiba is a back door password - worth a try I suppose.
On 18 July 2011 18:57, Preet Sangha <[email protected]> wrote: > What is the aim? To access the data or to recover access to the laptop as > is? > > Obviously I'd suggest ripping the disk out and copying the data off in the > first case. > > For the the second I have heard about tools that crack these but I've never > used them and wouldn't know how to get them from. There is an interesting > page here : http://www.laptop-repair.info/toshiba_bios_password.html but I > suspect you've already found that. > > On 18 July 2011 18:38, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Folks, a relative just loaned me a Toshiba Satellite Notebook of some sort >> (I can’t find any identification on it) which stops and asks for a >> fingerprint swipe or the BIOS password. We’re locked out of it. I ran some >> web searches on the matter and some suggest that you pull the BIOS battery >> out, some say this won’t work and you have to pull a jumper pin, and some >> say that won’t work and it has to go back to an authorised service centre. >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> I’ve never dismantled a notebook before and I’m not going to waste hours >> trying to get the motherboard battery and pins deep inside by just bumbling >> around.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Does anyone have better advice on this matter? Is there a workaround, or >> is it back to the dealer?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Greg**** >> > > > > -- > regards, > Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland > -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland
