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password cracker for windows home vistahi, folks A mate needs to get some stuff off a laptop but doesn't know the password is there an easy way to do it ... |
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hi, folks A mate needs to get some stuff off a laptop but doesn't know the password is there an easy way to do it without taking the hard drive out? crust
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There is a way where you log into the bios and bugger about at DOS level with the password file. I'll try to dig a bit deeper |
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thirty seconds with a screwdriver? easy peasy! Or Get a little linux distro on a flash disk, and boot from that. | |
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thanks guys, job done, info retrieved crust
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Taking the hard drive out may not help as many laptops come with Vista Ultimate which has hard drive encryption included. To answer the question I have no idea, sorry. |
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