Bios password locked IBM T23 - IBM ThinkPad T23 2647 Notebook

in the password place type administrater some times that over rides youre pass word and you can try running in safe mode and then you can delete youre password you forgot hope this helps

You can reset the BIOS password. There are four ways to reset the BIOS, you can read about at this link.

To reset the BIOS password read the information from this link.

In case of your laptop the easiest method would be using software from Hiren's Boot CD.

Hi,

To unlock the bios password on your laptop, you will need to remove the cmos battery on your laptop for some minutes and insert back, the cmos battery is located on the motherboard of your laptop, once the cmos battery is removed from the motherboard for some minutes, the bios password will be reset, and that fix the problem.

Take care.

If a BIOS or HD lock password you are out of luck.

BIOS password means replacement of the system board. HD password requires replacement of the HD and reinstallation of all software on new drive.

This is a security feature so no one can steal laptops and try to use or sell it.

Since there's not enough space for these steps I've linked a helpful site. Scroll down and follow the directions for the software. http://www.technibble.com/how-to-bypass-or-remove-a-bios-password/

-CompDoctor

Hi,
You have 3 choice (i mean, thats all i know:) )

1: Get a new BIOS
2: Get the password from latest user (dont know if laptop yours or not)
3: Get the BIOS Flashed (Which is costly)

There is no way to unlock it without open it ,sorry.
Good luck....

When i got black screen on my Windows 7 laptop when started pc, Windows Boot Genius helped me fix problem without data loss easily!

try to remove the CMOS battery from the motherboard and re insert again..

Ah! Passwords.... Do you see anything about WINDOWS before it ask? Then its a windows password and you can go hunt all over filesharing land for a PE disk, preferably a Winternals PE disk.. or be nice and buy one.. On a borrowed computer of course..

Nothing about windows before it asks for a P/W? Oh goody bios password... Much more trouble.. On IBM machine really nasty... Your HD is probably locked too.. You can spend hours on google after this, but you may have a brick.. or be looking at building a custom board with instructions from this guy in Australia, hooking teeny tiny wires to a chip on your laptop baord, running a program and sending the result and $25 to him..
IBM laptops=great bloody bios password security.. Oh.. Co. up in Canada does it for $400, after proof you own the thing..

Good hunting..