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    May 11, 2007, 08:24 AM
    Unlocking my Laptop
    Please can someone help me on how to unlock my laptop. I just bought a new laptop but my friend used a different password for it now I can no longer open or have access to it anymore and my friend too can't remember the password that he used for it.
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    May 11, 2007, 08:39 AM
    Your friend can't remember his own password? Is it a BIOS or Windows password?
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    May 11, 2007, 08:40 AM
    Turn it off with the button. Start pressing f11. Go to disk recovery, after backing up data.
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    May 11, 2007, 08:40 AM
    How do you expect him to back up the data?
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    May 11, 2007, 08:48 AM
    Also f11 doesn't work with ALL machines, only certain ones, and you are assuming that it has a hidden recovery partition.
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    May 11, 2007, 09:35 AM
    If you really bought it from a friend, merely call them up and ask them the other pass word,

    If you are the legal owner of the laptop, take it to a shop where after checking the serial number for theft they will do this for you if your friend can not reemmber his old password
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