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If someone adds a password to the bios of a computer and makes it so that when booting the computer it prompts for the password, is there any way to bypass or override that protection?
If someone adds a password to the bios of a computer and makes it so that when booting the computer it prompts for the password, is there any way to bypass or override that protection?
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Answered on Feb 8, 2022
If you are wondering how to unlock bios, you should try entering random strings in the password field for some couple of times until a password key is displayed. Take this key code and: Go to https://bios-pw.org/ Key in the key code that you have in the input field and click on Get password button A list of generated passwords will be displayed depending on the model of your computer. So select your matching password and set it to unlock BIOS. PS: Save it somewhere for further usage, otherwise, retry the above steps in case you have to unlock BIOS again.
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