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Question posted by ncweisi on August 31st, 2011

How Do I Get Past The Power On Password On A Presario X6000 Laptop?

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Answer #1: Posted by kcmjr on August 31st, 2011 1:24 PM

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Modern laptops are designed for security. They are intentionally designed top prevent a theaf from doing this by requireing a trip to a tech to reset the BIOS.

Try these resources:

https://www.tech-faq.com/reset-bios-password.html

http://www.biosflash.com/e/bios-passwords.htm

https://www.biosflash.com/e/index.htm

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00778754.pdf

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