Author: WhiskersWhiskers
Date: May 16, 2008 15:00
On 2008-05-16, G Morgan wrote:
> I want to make a disk image of XP (Pro) that is "unbundled".. as in "fresh"
> with no Pnp or hardware detected yet. It will be an image I can just pop in
> any computer and during first boot detect all the hardware.
>
> I need this because I have a laptop with no cd/dvd or floppy and USB booting
> is disabled AND I'm locked out of the BIOS! So, since it is setup to boot
> from the HD (no OS) I figure a fresh image of XP is a workaround. Once I can
> get it to boot I can tackle flashing the BIOS to get rid of the password.
>
> Any thoughts on how to do this?
On a desktop machine, removing the button battery which powers the CMOS
RAM in which the BIOS settings are stored, leaving it for a while, then
putting the battery back, will re-set the BIOS to the factory settings (ie
no password) so that you can get the computer started again. Presumably
a similar trick would work with a laptop.
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