Lenovo t60 power-on password screwup...

Hi Experts,

I took a Lenovo t60 laptop from a friend the other day as he wanted me to do a fresh install of Windows XP on it for him (it came with Vista , who want's that!?). However, I could not change the settings in the BIOS to boot from the CD/USB to initiate the new install.

I finally realised why these options were disabled, it was because I was only entering the BIOS in "user" mode. The BIOS is password protected however, if you enter a blank password you gain access to the BIOS, but as I mentioned you get limited functionality. So, after about 10 hours of research I noticed that most people suggested the only way to reset the passwords all together was to remove the CMOS battery to clear the data, so this I tried.

However, all this did was add more fuel to the fire. I now recieve errors such as "System Security. The system has been tampered with." and "Check time & date..." somthing along those lines. The "Check date & time..." one is the one that comes all the time. When it gets past the initial start-up screen these errors appear (not always at the same time) and then I am prompted for a power-on password. My friend says, that he never entered such password (he might have though, he is not very bright with computers), and the default (merlin) does not work.

Is there anyway at all I can retrieve/reset/disable this password in a quick/cheap/easy way? As I am dreading telling my friend that I have broke his laptop could you help me out please!!?

Regards,

J

 

We don't discuss about bypassing security measures here.

 

As John mentioned, we do not discuss bypassing secruity measuers like BIOS passwords for any reason. Because of that, the thread is now closed.

Do not bring up this topic again.

Thx
Kdawgca