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Locked out of Bios with a bad hard drive
4:21 PM EST 1/8/07
Hi Everyone,
I posted here earlier this year, with a bad hard drive and I believe Dale helped me out. I cannot find my old post, but that is Ok since this is a little bit of a different problem. On one of my old Gates machines, another hard drive went bad. I have only been here at the library for about 5 months, so I don't know the Bios passwords that have been set on these computers. I have found some possible passwords, but they are not working. I am pretty sure I will need to get into the Bios to set up a new hard drive. Actually, I thought I could at least check out the Bios to see if it is recognizing the drive at all. It is giving me a message of "inaccessible boot device", no matter how I try to get into it. In Safe Mode I get the same message.
I have looked at the motherboard and cannot seem to find a jumper that I could remove to flash the Bios. I am not sure if I remove the battery, if it will erase other things that I will need later.
So, I guess my question is, how can I get into the Bios if I can't get past the password? The model # is: ATXSTF MNT E4600 - SE GLF and manufacture date is 2/16/01. Any suggestions? Thank you so much in advance.
Deb
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