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Boot Password

saoirse2010 · 2009-12-14 19:13:43

Can Anyone help me out here, Recovered Pc, restarted it to find BOOT PASSWORD aaaaahhhh. Or Alternatively Point me in Direction of CMOS battery Reset, for Iqon Laptop. regards Saoirse

14-12-2009 7:13pm

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saoirse2010

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Can Anyone help me out here, Recovered Pc, restarted it to find BOOT PASSWORD aaaaahhhh.

Or Alternatively Point me in Direction of CMOS battery Reset, for Iqon Laptop.

regards Saoirse

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#2 14-12-2009 7:56pm

IvySlayer

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Did you set it?

What BIOS do you have?

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#3 14-12-2009 8:35pm

Overheal

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The only way a boot-time password got on there is if you set it. You must know it.

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