On the Latitudes that we have at school, the bios battery is inside the battery compartment behind a little plastic door. If you can find it you might try resetting it by removing the battery. We have our computers set so that they require a password (from the bios) to install new drives or major components. Not quite sure how it works, but our boy wonder reset one by removing the bios battery.
Sharol -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Lawson Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 1:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Hard: Laptop HD I require some help. I purchased a used laptop, a Dell Inspiron 3800. I was trying to replace the HD in it. Nothing wrong with old HD, just want to go from 6gb to 20gb. I cloned the drive, put in the laptop and it wants a password. If I try and by-pass the password, it shows no HD in the bios settings. As far as I am aware, there is no password assigned to this laptop, but it will be a few days before I can contact the person I purchased it from. I tried to just format the new HD and put it in there and it cam up with the same thing. Any thoughts on what to do with this and how to correct it? Thanks in advance Roger Lawson Florence, SC -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
