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    x200, no bios password but settings all unlocked. windows 7?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by yonkervoot, Oct 31, 2009.

  1. yonkervoot

    yonkervoot Newbie

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    hey everyone.

    I've been a long time reader. I have an x200 and it's great. My family member who set the password is on a trip and isn't going to come home for the next 8 months.

    The BIOS has a power on password (I have it)

    Hard drive password (I have it)

    Supervisor mode (nobody remembers it, not even the one who left). But under it, "BIOS lock" is completely disabled so certain things can be changed. Just not boot sequence, time and date...

    But the boot sequence is USB FDD, USB CD, then the hard drive. Can I install windows 7 without having a supervisor mode password?

    -Does a BIOS update from thinkvantage require you to enter the supervisor mode password?

    thanks for any help you can provide.
     
    yonkervoot, Oct 31, 2009
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    probably. Also to your other question about the update, I would again say probably.
     
    moral hazard, Oct 31, 2009
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  3. yonkervoot

    yonkervoot Newbie

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    ^hey thanks that's really good to hear. have you (or anyone else) actually done this though? a reformat and reinstalling OS using an external USB DVD drive/usb key but booting up by entering a user mode password only.

    I'm sorry to be a pain, but if I try and halfway through it asks me for the supervisor password I just trashed my own half-usable computer :(

    -I'll forget the BIOS updates then.
     
    yonkervoot, Nov 3, 2009
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  4. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I have not tried it.
     
    moral hazard, Nov 3, 2009
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