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May 18, 2006 at 05:29 PM
jdbwar07

Laptop BIOS password

by jdbwar07 . Updated 16 years, 2 months ago

Hello,
I have a major problem, if you could please help me I would be eternally grateful.

I have a one-year old Acer laptop that has what’s called a supervisor password. I assume it’s referring to the BIOS. I set this password myself a long time ago to protect my laptop computer’s settings. The problem is now that I need to reinstall Windows I can’t remember it. Is there any way to remove or reset the current password? I’ve looked on different forums, and most of the advice centers on removing a battery or otherwise opening up the laptop. Since I do not have any experience in repairing computers or taking apart laptops, is there some software method to do this?

The laptop is an Acer Travelmate 3204xmi (part of the 3200 series). It uses a Phoenix-type BIOS. It’s fairly new, I got it from new egg last July.
Thanks in advance,
John Bowman

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