Someone has set a BIOS boot password.
1) Try the backdoor password *Dell
*2) Don't bother trying to open the case and pop out the little quarter
sized bios battery and pop back in, which will reset SOME bios settings.
The bios password is stored in EPROM chip on this model. On Inspiron e1505
you can't change the jumpers.
*
*3) Call Dell
The official method is to contact Dell Technical Support. Dell Technical
Support will request the Service Tag and Express Service Code from the
bottom of the Latitude. If the current user is not the original Latitude
owner, Dell will
<
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/change_order/en/tag_transfer>transfer
the registration from the original owner with only the Service Tag and
Express Service Code from the tag on the laptop. Although I have also
heard they will not do so unless you have the original owners name.
3.5) use a commercial bios password recovery tool.
4.0 ) Use the Hex method:
: 1 - Create a windows boot system disk
: 2 - Copy "debug" (this is a dos command found in windows\command
directory) onto the system disk you created
: 3 - Boot the machine with this disk
: 4 - At dos prompt type: debug then enter, you will see a blinking dash
: 5 - type: o 70 2e then enter, (also seen: o 70 18)
: 6 - type: o 71 ff then enter,
: 7 - type: q then enter,
: 8 - remove the floppy and reboot! Power the system off and on by
unplugging and re-plugging the system into the power outlet
Good luck!
Once you get into the BIOs you need to be able to specify BOOT order with
CD first.
If you press F12, you should get a list of boot evices, without making any
changes. If the CD drive or CD media is schnerbed, it will not be
displayed as an option. Try another CD, or verify your media in another
drive. Often CDs that work in one system don't boot in another; be sure
you burned it at the slowest speed. Be sure the light comes on at boot; be
sure that you have a CD/DVD drive and/or CD/DVD to match.
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> One of my friends has a dell inspiron e1505 that needs to be fixed. I want
> to boot from the cd but it won't.
> I turn it on and get the dell screen and it tells me to enter F2 for setup
> or F12 for boot options. I want the boot options so I hit F12. Then it says
> it is Preparing for one time boot menu. Then I get a screen that says
>
> This computer system, (serial number), is peotected by a password
> authentication system. You cannot
> access data on this computer without the correct password.
>
> Please type in the system or administator password and press <Enter>.
>
> Then it gives me three attempts at a password and then powers off. And if
> I do nothing it powers of after about 30 seconds
>
> Her password doesn't work.
> If I press F2 it says that it is preparing to enter setup and then it does
> the same thing as if I hit F12.
> If I do nothing it is as if I hit F2 or F12.
> Does anyone know of a backdoor into this computer or of a password that
> will work?
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