Bios Password

jamieallonby · 07-03-2006, 11:56 AM

I`ve got a pico laptop at work that one of the little monkeys has taken the hard drive from the boot order and changed the bios password so i cant get it back, does anyone know of any utilities to recover the password from a systemsoft bios.

I`ve thought about removing the cmos battery but I`m sure I would end up with more screws than i started with?

StewartKnight · 07-03-2006, 12:06 PM

The is usually a jumper on the mobo to reset the BIOS in emergencies

alan-d · 07-03-2006, 12:07 PM

Some laptops have a removeable plate over the battery

07-03-2006, 12:17 PM

Make sure you password the BIOS on your other machines.

Geoff · 07-03-2006, 12:56 PM

Will it boot from CD/Floppy?

jamieallonby · 07-03-2006, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Geoff

Will it boot from CD/Floppy?

yeah, it just wont boot from the hd.

Face-Man · 07-03-2006, 01:25 PM

A few years back this happened to me when some kids got hold of a dos bios password flusher and managed to completely screw a couple of machines. check out http://www.tech-faq.com/reset-bios-password.shtml for some ideas

Geoff · 07-03-2006, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by jamieallonby

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geoff

Will it boot from CD/Floppy?

yeah, it just wont boot from the hd.

Alright, thats easy. I've attached a zip file with a utility for wiping the BIOS password to this post. Just decompress it onto a bootable floppy (its fairly small) and boot up the machine. Once you run it, it'll ask a couple of things then kill the bios password.

There's a windows version included too if anyone is interested. You need local admin on the machine for that to work though.

ZeroHour · 07-03-2006, 03:51 PM

Ahh but will it work on laptops. Tosh laptops can not have there password reset by anyone except a certified Tosh Tech. He uses a special dongle to reset it. This feature was implemented so that if you laptop was stolen noone could do much without the bios pass or dongle. Removing the battery on a tosh does not work as well I believe.
Good luck anyway

ChrisH · 07-03-2006, 04:52 PM

We used to have one of those things at my old job it was just a parallel socket wired in a certain way

Geoff · 07-03-2006, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeroHour

Ahh but will it work on laptops. Tosh laptops can not have there password reset by anyone except a certified Tosh Tech. He uses a special dongle to reset it. This feature was implemented so that if you laptop was stolen noone could do much without the bios pass or dongle. Removing the battery on a tosh does not work as well I believe.
Good luck anyway

Yes, it'll work with most laptops. I've personally used it on a Toshiba Satalite Pro.

pete · 08-03-2006, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisH

We used to have one of those things at my old job it was just a parallel socket wired in a certain way

The pinout is googleable, or I can post it tomorrow if anyone wants

E1uSiV3 · 09-03-2006, 03:58 PM

Is it a good idea to host that file for public access Geoff? It kinda renders BIOS password useless if you can just wipe them and if a kid gets ahold of the tool all hell could break loose.

Geoff · 09-03-2006, 04:19 PM

1. It's already freely available. Try Googling it.
2. Security through obscurity doesn't work.
3. Tighten up your physical security if your worried.

jamieallonby · 10-03-2006, 12:15 PM

thats done it, thanks

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jamieallonby Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sheffield Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Bios Password I`ve got a pico laptop at work that one of the little monkeys has taken the hard drive from the boot order and changed the bios password so i cant get it back, does anyone know of any utilities to recover the password from a systemsoft bios. I`ve thought about removing the cmos battery but I`m sure I would end up with more screws than i started with?

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Face-Man Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: London Posts: 316 Thanks: 3 Thanked 18 Times in 11 Posts Rep Power: 12	Re: Bios Password A few years back this happened to me when some kids got hold of a dos bios password flusher and managed to completely screw a couple of machines. check out http://www.tech-faq.com/reset-bios-password.shtml for some ideas

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ZeroHour Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,024 Thanks: 106 Thanked 204 Times in 92 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 48	Re: Bios Password Ahh but will it work on laptops. Tosh laptops can not have there password reset by anyone except a certified Tosh Tech. He uses a special dongle to reset it. This feature was implemented so that if you laptop was stolen noone could do much without the bios pass or dongle. Removing the battery on a tosh does not work as well I believe. Good luck anyway

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E1uSiV3 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 495 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Re: Bios Password Is it a good idea to host that file for public access Geoff? It kinda renders BIOS password useless if you can just wipe them and if a kid gets ahold of the tool all hell could break loose.

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Geoff Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fylde, Lancs, UK. Posts: 9,934 Thanks: 42 Thanked 230 Times in 209 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 67	Re: Bios Password 1. It's already freely available. Try Googling it. 2. Security through obscurity doesn't work. 3. Tighten up your physical security if your worried.

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