emachines IDEO hard drive password frozen


  1. Speedytwitch
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    emachines IDEO hard drive password frozen


    My sister has a eMachines E732 laptop and had set a password to get into the BIOS. After much faffing I have managed to get into the BIOS but now find that I can't get the machine to load windows or move on from the setup screen with the big E on it.
    I have tried taking the hard drive out and pressing Alt+F and then returning the hdd and it cleared the frozen but as soon as you reboot then its back.
    I have been told to get a recovery disc and use that but without being mean I don't want to buy a disc and then find that it doesn't work.
    Any ideas ????
    Thanks in advance.
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  3. Layback Bear
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    Ask you sister for all passwords. If she password protected the bios she surly password protected the operating system. It won't boot without the password.
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  4. Speedytwitch
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    HDD frozen


    Unfortunately she didn't set the password so I can't reset them. I have managed to break in to the bios but I can't get the machine to boot up.
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  6. Layback Bear
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    Reading you posts again it seem like there is a password for bios and and for Windows 7.
    You don't have the passwords and your sister doesn't have the passwords.

    Somebody set the passwords. They don't install themselves.
    I can not give any more suggestions.

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