Password Recovery

rambai · 11-07-2009, 01:49 PM

Hi all, hope someone can help me, i have got my hands on an old samsung VM6000 series, it is running windows 98,

My trouble is i can not access it there is a password for the login and bios,
The person had it have ent a clue what it was as its been in the attic for a number of years, I tried a few linux cd to boot but no good i have tried windows 98 floppy boot disc, i opened the laptop to see if i could remove the bios battery but could not find it.

What i want the laptop for is for my garage to plug the car diagnostic program into the car to find out what is wrong.

If its a load of hastle i buy a cheap laptop, maybe this laptop is ment to stay in retirement

Jlp1928 · 11-07-2009, 02:23 PM

Hi Ram,

You don't say what Make and Model the Laptop is. That makes it very difficult for the guys to help. If you are lucky and it's a real old IBM Thinkpad and the keyboard lifts up easily from the front then the battery is under the hard drive. Not likely that old.

Good Luck, Jim

rambai · 11-07-2009, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by rambai

Hi all, hope someone can help me, i have got my hands on an old samsung VM6000 series, it is running windows 98,

Hi jim i thought i had stated the make and model

. I will try lifting up the keyboard. By the look of it its OLD

Jlp1928 · 11-08-2009, 08:56 AM

Hi again Ram,

If it's that old the keyboard releases will be the same releases as for the Lid. Some you push back and some you pull further forward. Only model numbers I remembe is something like 380 Thinkpad.

More luck, Jim

Geekgirl · 11-08-2009, 09:00 AM

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11-07-2009, 01:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
rambai Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2 OS: vista	Password Recovery Hi all, hope someone can help me, i have got my hands on an old samsung VM6000 series, it is running windows 98, My trouble is i can not access it there is a password for the login and bios, The person had it have ent a clue what it was as its been in the attic for a number of years, I tried a few linux cd to boot but no good i have tried windows 98 floppy boot disc, i opened the laptop to see if i could remove the bios battery but could not find it. What i want the laptop for is for my garage to plug the car diagnostic program into the car to find out what is wrong. If its a load of hastle i buy a cheap laptop, maybe this laptop is ment to stay in retirement

11-07-2009, 02:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jlp1928 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 440 OS: Win98, XP, 2000	Re: Password Recovery Hi Ram, You don't say what Make and Model the Laptop is. That makes it very difficult for the guys to help. If you are lucky and it's a real old IBM Thinkpad and the keyboard lifts up easily from the front then the battery is under the hard drive. Not likely that old. Good Luck, Jim

11-08-2009, 08:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jlp1928 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 440 OS: Win98, XP, 2000	Re: Password Recovery Hi again Ram, If it's that old the keyboard releases will be the same releases as for the Lid. Some you push back and some you pull further forward. Only model numbers I remembe is something like 380 Thinkpad. More luck, Jim

11-08-2009, 09:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
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