trying to load new OS

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William

Can some one show me how to load new OS to a laptop that
has a password. The laptop is one of the ones that has no
Floppy and cd rom. I would hate to throw it away....
 
William said:
Can some one show me how to load new OS to a laptop that
has a password. The laptop is one of the ones that has no
Floppy and cd rom. I would hate to throw it away....
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If the problem is the password, it depends what password you mention. If
it is not related with the OS, open the laptop and try to find the RTC
chip or a small battery. If you are unsure what chip to find, try to
inform yourself about RTC chips in general first. You have to shortcut
the battery to erase the CMOS-RAM.
Sometimes there is also a "secret" key combination to erase the CMOS RAM.

If the password is related with the installed OS, and you have no I/O
like Floppy or CD-ROM, you have only a small chance to boot via network
if this is supported from the BIOS (via bootp from a bootp server), to
get access to the local harddisk. Or you just take the harddisk out of
the laptop and connect it as a second drive to an other PC.

Regards
Peter
 
Laptops without a floppy or a CD drive are less likely to be stolen. They
are usually sold to corporations. See your system administrator if this
machine is, in fact, legal!

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
 
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