Presario 2100 bios password - Compaq Presario 2100T Notebook

Access http://www.compaq.com/support
Enter 'Presario 2100' and do a search.
Click 'Device Drivers'.
Select 'BIOS'.
Download the "instructions" on how to update the COMPAQ BIOS.

This model laptop came with a 60Gb hard disk and if you installed a much larger capacity hard disk then the BIOS cannot detect this hard disk.
For the BIOS to detect a large hard disk a BIOS upgrade is required (if there is one available) Check the HP/Compaq WEB site to see if there is a BIOS upgrade.
If not the try a 120Gb or smaller capacity hard drive.
As an alternative -
You can keep the existing hard drive in your laptop and use an external USB hard drive to store your data.

You will have to remove the power cord, remove the batteryand remove the CMOS Battery that is located on the motherboard. On mostcomputers you will have to take the laptop apart to get to the cmosbattery. On some systems it looks like a silver nickel that you will needa small flat head screw driver to pop it out. On other systems it will beinside a vinyl covering and has a cable that plugs into the motherboard. Once you remove the CMOS Battery, let it sit for an hour or two then put itback in and put the laptop back together. Boot the machine and you'llprobably have to go into the Bios or System Setup because the system will haveforgotten the date, time and password.

During the boot process you will see on the screen to press delete to enter setup
Press and hold delete during the boot up process to enter BIOS the scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd,press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart
(note after you have loaded the operating system you must go back and change the first boot device to your hard drive)

During the boot up process you will see on the screen press delete to enter set up

Press delete during the boot up process to enter BIOS scroll down to set user password or administrator password you can change or remove your password from there

During the boot process you will see on the screen to press delete to enter setup

Press and hold delete during the boot up process to enter BIOS the scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd,press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart

hope this helps

Try entering your "Setup" or "BIOS" and find the area for "Security". From there you should be able to change the password that it has on it. If your "Setup" or "BIOS" has a password on it and you don't know it, then it is likely that your laptop is worthless to you now. Unlike desktop computers that usually have a BIOS or CMOS reset on the motherboard, laptops seldom have this option. If your's has a RESET on it then it will likely be a little pin-hole on the bottom of the laptop that says RESET next to it.

If it's a "desktop" computer (not a "laptop") computer, open the case, and look for three gold pins in a row, with a jumper between pins #1 and #2.
With the computer turned off, move the jumper to connect pins #2 and #3. After a few seconds, return the jumper to its original position.
You have now "cleared" all the BIOS settings, including removing the BIOS password.

If you are familiar with dissembling and assembling laptops, that's not a big problem, since some laptops have bios battery attached. In this case just remove the Battery and wait for 5 mins and reinsert the battery then all then there'll no more problem with the password. Or if you can do this at this juncture, you can try this article http://www.pwcrack.com/bios.shtml Good luck.. If this helps, please let me know.

try these passwords an see if there any help


A.M.I.
AAMMMIII
AMI
AMI SW
AMI?SW
AMI_SW
BIOS
CONDO
HEWITT RAND
LKWPETER
MI
Oder
PASSWORD

589589
589721
595595
598598
1322222
_award
ALFAROME
ALLY
ALLy
aLLy
aLLY
aPAf
award
AWARD PW
AWARD SW
Award SW
AWARD?SW
AWARD?SW
AWARD_PW
AWARD_SW
awkward
AWKWARD
BIOSTAR
CONCAT
condo
Condo
CONDO
d8on
djonet
HLT
HLT
J256
j256
J262
j262
j322
j332
J332
J64
j64
KDD
KDD
lkwpeter
Lkwpeter
LKWPETER
PINT
pint
SER
SKY_FOX
SYXZ
syxz
szyx
TTPTHA
ZAAAADA
ZAAADA
ZAAADA
ZBAAACA
ZBAAACA
ZJAAADC
ZJAAADC

try discharging the cmos battery from motherboard
it is the best way to crack bios password