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22-July-06, 10:01 AM
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| Apex Techie I  |  Ibm Thinkpad 600x Hi there I have a problem with the thinkpad 600x every time i try and boot in comes up with a little symbol of the harddriver and a padlock and is asking me for a some sort of password anybody know wot this is and how i can fix the problem | |
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22-July-06, 10:04 AM
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| Apex Tech Demi-God  | Re: Ibm Thinkpad 600x
You must have a BIOS password set. The only way to clear it is to either know the password, or reset your BIOS. Are you comfortable taking it apart? You must pull out the CMOS battery and wait a few seconds then put it back in... That should do the trick. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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22-July-06, 10:25 AM
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| Apex Techie I | Re: Ibm Thinkpad 600x
Thanks for your help have just done that and i still had the symbol up so i dicided to change my hardrive and know i am able to load up windows again Many thanks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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