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,
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
LOL I just read that Toshiba is a back door password - worth a try I
suppose.
On 18 July 2011 18:57, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com 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
LOL I just read that Toshiba is a back door password - worth a try I
suppose.
Nah, 'Toshiba' in various cases and combinations doesn't work. Did you find
a different one?
I've been requested to trash the thing if necessary, just do anything to get
any version of Windows working again. There is
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On
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Subject: RE: [OT] Toshiba Satellite Notebook BIOS password
LOL I just read that Toshiba is a back door password - worth a try I suppose.
Nah, 'Toshiba' in various cases and combinations doesn't
