I am locked out of my dell 1721 by the system/bios password!!

kbdesign

• 370 Answers
• Posted on Mar 15, 2009

SOURCE: Help..Can't boot and forgot bios password

If you can get to the CMOS battery, there should be a set of jumpers close by that should say Clear CMOS or CMOS reset, or something to that effect. There are usually 3 pins, and the jumper is between 2 of them. Remove the jumper and put back over the pin that was open, and the pin next to it that was jumped before. Leave it for a few seconds, then put back to original position. This should clear the bios, and all you in.

Here is a link to the laptops manual
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins2600/en/index.htm

Good luck, and please rate me, OK?

SOURCE: where is the location of cmos battery on dell 2650.

pulling the battery will not help it is hard coded in CMOS you need to send it in or take it to a service center that can re flash it for you i do not suggest you re flash BIOS on your own because that could cause a bigger problem

Chris

• 696 Answers
• Posted on Apr 24, 2009

SOURCE: Boot password

Hi,

there are two ways I normally use to reset the password

1. The simplest, turn off the laptop, then turn it back on and tap away on the "F8" key until the safe mode boot screen comes up. Once it's up select "Safe Mode" using the arrow keys then hit enter and wait for the login screen. If you're lucky the Administrator account will show up and will either have no password or just the word password as they tend to be blank or simple from the factory. Once you login as admin just go to your control panel, select classic view and go to the users icon. as the admin you can select to reset the password on any user account. Once you have reset your password, restart the laptop and away you go.

2. If you don't have an admin account or if it has a strong password, use another machine with a cd burner to search google for windows password reset disk, look for the free linux one(there are good paid ones but I find the free linux one eaiser to use in most cases). once you find it be sure to download both the .ISO(disk image) and the walkthrough. Read the walkthrough as you download and burn the CD. There are a couple lentghy points which are crucial.

This disk will allow you to reset the password on any NT based system(2000/XP/Vista)

Be warned though not folloing the walkthrough can cause your efforts to fail at best or ruin the windows install at worst so PLEASE read it and follow step by step.


Chris
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Laxman Bisht

• 662 Answers
• Posted on Aug 29, 2009

SOURCE: How do I remove forgotten BIOS password?

1) You can reset BIOS to default settings by pressing <Alt><F>

2) I am not sure about the laptops, but in the Dell Desktops usually there is a reset jumper on the motherboard which is seated on 2pins out of 3, you just need to remove that jumper turn on the pc once and the turn on the pc again by reseating the jumper to its original place. You can try this with your laptop, I guess the jumper should be somewhere close to the CMOS battery.

3) Remove the battery and keep it away for atleast 30 mins. and replace it again.

NOTE: make sure while following step (3) and (4) the system should be completely turned off. Unplug the AC adapter, remove the battery and hold the power button for atleast 8 - 10 seconds.

let me know the output

SOURCE: I have a Dell Latitude D630 laptop. I am failing to log in

pls find out the cmos clear jumper setting which will clear the password and u will be able to access the BIOS without password