Hacking into my own laptop

weirddemon · 02-11-2006, 11:51 PM

Well, here's the problem...

I just recently obtained a laptop from a friend of mine. The problem is that there is a password on the system and he has forgotten it. So I decided to just install a new OS on it. The new problem was that the boot sequence starts the HD before the CD-ROM drive and there is Netbios password on there that he didn't even knew existed.

So my porblem is getting through the NetBIOS password.

The laptop is a Gateway Solo 2500.

Thanks

Veurruckte · 02-12-2006, 12:18 AM

Manufacturers usually create backdoors in the bios, atleast for laptops.

I suggest first contacting Gateway, or atleast doing a google search.

LITHIUM · 02-12-2006, 12:25 AM

that is the EXACT same old laptop that i am fixing up right now. but i don't have the boot disk (floppy disk) for win98, so i need to get it from someone

02-11-2006, 11:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
weirddemon New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 12	Hacking into my own laptop Well, here's the problem... I just recently obtained a laptop from a friend of mine. The problem is that there is a password on the system and he has forgotten it. So I decided to just install a new OS on it. The new problem was that the boot sequence starts the HD before the CD-ROM drive and there is Netbios password on there that he didn't even knew existed. So my porblem is getting through the NetBIOS password. The laptop is a Gateway Solo 2500. Thanks Last edited by weirddemon; 02-11-2006 at 11:54 PM.

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02-12-2006, 12:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
Veurruckte Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 240	Manufacturers usually create backdoors in the bios, atleast for laptops. I suggest first contacting Gateway, or atleast doing a google search.

02-12-2006, 12:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
LITHIUM Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 308	that is the EXACT same old laptop that i am fixing up right now. but i don't have the boot disk (floppy disk) for win98, so i need to get it from someone