What is the aim? To access the data or to recover access to the laptop as is?
Obviously I'd suggest ripping the disk out and copying the data off in the first case. For the the second I have heard about tools that crack these but I've never used them and wouldn't know how to get them from. There is an interesting page here : http://www.laptop-repair.info/toshiba_bios_password.html but I suspect you've already found that. On 18 July 2011 18:38, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > Folks, a relative just loaned me a Toshiba Satellite Notebook of some sort > (I can’t find any identification on it) which stops and asks for a > fingerprint swipe or the BIOS password. We’re locked out of it. I ran some > web searches on the matter and some suggest that you pull the BIOS battery > out, some say this won’t work and you have to pull a jumper pin, and some > say that won’t work and it has to go back to an authorised service centre. > **** > > ** ** > > I’ve never dismantled a notebook before and I’m not going to waste hours > trying to get the motherboard battery and pins deep inside by just bumbling > around.**** > > ** ** > > Does anyone have better advice on this matter? Is there a workaround, or is > it back to the dealer?**** > > ** ** > > Greg**** > -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland
