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Old May 25, 2010, 02:34 AM   #1
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hard drive/bios password reset

My friend put a password in the bios for the hard drive and for the "admin" in the bios. its a dell latitude e5500. i tried pulling the battery and cmos battery out to reset but that didn't help. any ideas?
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Old May 25, 2010, 02:57 AM   #2
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If the laptop is registered to your friend, your friend needs to contact Dell for the unique backdoor password.
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ok, i'll let her know when i go back tomorrow.
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