I've not tried any
yet, but there are BIOS password removers (applications) and such. I don't know if any of them work or not, but I know they are out there. But then you'd still need to boot from CD or something other than the HDD to get to the CD to begin with.
Here's an idea. I know it works with desktops, at least. Unplug the hard drive from the system altogether, and see if it'll let you boot from a CD.
If you can get it to do that, THEN..
[ol][li]Unplug the hard drive (when powered down, of course}[/li]
[li]Turn on laptop, insert a bootable disk with a BIOS password breaking app on it - perhaps the Ultimate Boot CD, or else some small Linux bootable deal.[/li]
[li]Once booted into whatever app, give it a shot. If fixed, great; if not, at least you tried.[/li]
[li]Shut down PC.[/li]
[li]If fixed the BIOS password, reconnect the hard drive, boot from your Windows CD (assuming you changed the boot order when you fixed the password), and install.
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Of COURSE it'll be that easy, you know.
Another option that I didn't see mentinoed is trying all the various Fn key combinations (including use of diff keys with <Ctrl> and/or <Alt> and/or <Shift>. Most if not all laptops and desktops as well have a "boot menu" which you can access via a particular keystroke. Then, I suppose the manual would specify that piece. But of course, I believe with at least some models, this can be disabled in the BIOS.
After everything else, if you can at least get it to BOOT to a CD by unplugging the hard drive, then maybe you can just run a live version of Ubuntu or some other live Linux distro on it.
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