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danielrascoe
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July 21st, 2005 21:00
Flashing BIOS removes password?
I just bought a used Dell Latitude D505 notebook on ebay from a pawn shop. There are 2 things I want to do:
1) I want to remove the BIOS config password on page 7 of the BIOS. The current boot order of the drives is floppy, hard drive, USB storage device, then optical drive. I want to remove the password so that I'll have complete flexibility with this notebook. The installed BIOS version is A02. I see that there is a more recent version A09 available. If I flash the BIOS will that reset the config password?
2) I want to reinstall a clean version of Windows. I have the COA and the Windows CD. Currently Windows XP Pro is installed but I can only boot to the Guest account. The Administrator account has a password. Could I delete some Windows files so that windows would not boot which would then force the computer to boot from the CD drive?
The computer has a CDRW/DVD combo drive but doesn't have a floppy disk drive. The battery is completely dead and I've been using the A/C power adapter and cord. I have filled out the transfer of ownership form and am waiting for Dell to transfer official ownership and the remaining complete care warranty to my name.
Daniel
1) I want to remove the BIOS config password on page 7 of the BIOS. The current boot order of the drives is floppy, hard drive, USB storage device, then optical drive. I want to remove the password so that I'll have complete flexibility with this notebook. The installed BIOS version is A02. I see that there is a more recent version A09 available. If I flash the BIOS will that reset the config password?
2) I want to reinstall a clean version of Windows. I have the COA and the Windows CD. Currently Windows XP Pro is installed but I can only boot to the Guest account. The Administrator account has a password. Could I delete some Windows files so that windows would not boot which would then force the computer to boot from the CD drive?
The computer has a CDRW/DVD combo drive but doesn't have a floppy disk drive. The battery is completely dead and I've been using the A/C power adapter and cord. I have filled out the transfer of ownership form and am waiting for Dell to transfer official ownership and the remaining complete care warranty to my name.
Daniel
- Once the ownership transfer is complete, Dell can solve all of your problems for you. Until then, any source you find claiming to remove your BIOS password is a high risk to you. It might not work (or more likely probably won't work) and it could very eaily leave you with a system that no longer works.
danielrascoe
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Posted July 22nd, 2005 10:00
I was able to use F12 to choose a one time boot from the optical drive. So I was able to boot from the Windows CD and erase and reinstall Windows. I'd still like to remove the BIOS passwords. Suggestions welcome.- See the first entry in the FAQ above: http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_bios&message.id=24724
Ed C
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Posted July 21st, 2005 22:00
Good Luck