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TeeDee




Joined: Nov 08, 2006
Posts: 45

Location: Hampshire, England
(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:25 am
Post subject: Need to reset BIOS
I have a Samsung R40Plus running Vista Home Premium, and want to replace it with XP PRO; trouble is, the BIOS is passworded and it's not mentioned anywhere in the documentation. Could anyone tell me if there's any way onboard of re-setting the BIOS? (Sorry if it's a naive question, but I'm new to mobiles..)
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zlim




Joined: Mar 11, 2005
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:48 pm
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http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CmosPwd
this free program might do it, if the computer uses one of the BIOSes listed.
If the BIOS isn't in the list, who is the vendor and what is the version number.
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TeeDee




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Location: Hampshire, England
(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:58 am
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That did the biz! Greatly appreciated, Zlim - thank you!
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lockergnome33




Joined: Nov 28, 2007
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:17 am
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Hello friend !
If you have not really password for entering in
BIOS mode of their system then simply call to their hardware vendor .
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TeeDee




Joined: Nov 08, 2006
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Location: Hampshire, England
(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:15 pm
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lockergnome33 wrote:
Hello friend !
If you have not really password for entering in
BIOS mode of their system then simply call to their hardware vendor .


Hi lockergnome33!

My apologies for my tardy reply: the Samsung is long since sorted, and now runs XP Pro beautifully; just about to upgrade to a 250Gig HDD, in fact!

Thank you for taking the time to reply - I'm most grateful to you along with everyone who else who helped.
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