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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 ...


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Old 06-07-09, 13:16   #1
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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?

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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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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
It's not going to be much easier than whipping out the disk, is it?

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

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Or Get a little linux distro on a flash disk, and boot from that.
Just had to do something like that a weekend. First time I've used linux in anger, handy to say the least.

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What happened to "It it wiv an ammer (on the toes & fingernails, he'll scream the password quickly enough)?". Sometimes your useful answers worry me

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What happened to "It it wiv an ammer (on the toes & fingernails, he'll scream the password quickly enough)?". Sometimes your useful answers worry me
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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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