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hard drive/bios password reset

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System Name Old Gateway
Processor i5 4440 3.1ghz
Motherboard Gateway
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Memory 2x 8GB JEDEC 1600mhz DDR3
Video Card(s) RX 560D 4GB
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Power Supply 380w oem
Mouse Purple Walmart special, 1600dpi. Black desk mat
Keyboard SteelSeries Apex 100
VR HMD Lmao
Software Windows 10
Benchmark Scores It can run Crysis (Original), Doom 2016, and Halo MCC
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?
 
If the laptop is registered to your friend, your friend needs to contact Dell for the unique backdoor password.
 
ok, i'll let her know when i go back tomorrow.
 
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