On 08/07/15 19:59, jd1008 wrote:
On 07/08/2015 03:47 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
I bought a used Dell Latitude E4310 that I want to replace Windows7
on with Fedora-22. Unfortunately the BIOS is locked and I do not have
the admin password for it. A phone call to Dell was unproductive and
none of the passwords offered in an on-line application work. Does
anyone know what I can do to access this computer. I can return it,
bought through Newegg, but it looks good so far, in new condition and
the price is right. It even has a working battery.
I considered opening it and removing the bios battery which I assume
would return it to the default conditions which I believe is no
password set.
Any suggestions appreciated,
Bob
Also, since you already have win7, the installed
win7 is registered to your laptop.
You might want to dd the win7 partition to a usb
drive and save it.
You might even be able to sell it along with the activation
code on the sticker beneath the laptop.
.
I guess it might be good to save it, I'll probably give that a try.
However I rarely run Windows and I am lost when I do ...
I called Dell first, the first guy spoke good English and took all the
information but did not handle the Latitude line and put me on to
another whom I could barely understand but it was obvious that I need to
establish ownership. I just filled out the data required at
Dell.com/transfer, the address he provided. Dunno where that will go. I
have tried other on-line avenues such as a Dell page that wants the
service tag number and returns several passwords "that might work" but
didn't.
Newegg's vendor is ZoomUSA, I only received the computer yesterday
afternoon but will try contacting them later this morning.
As I probably mentioned, I would prefer not to return/exchange since it
is used and this one looks to be in like new condition, odds are I would
not do as well in an exchange.
Thanks,
Bob
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Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD
box10 FEDORA-22/64bit LINUX XFCE
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