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Have a look here it may help.
DEBUG BIOS PASSWORD
Courtesy of Chris (scary_fast_99@yahoo.com).
"This DOS trick deletes (resets to default) your motherboard BIOS CMOS
password, to grant access to your computer and/or BIOS Setup once again, in
case you have forgotten or lost it.
Exit MS Windows or reboot to native MS-DOS mode, using the "Command prompt
only" option from the Windows 95/98 Startup Menu: hold Shift + F5 at the
same time while your PC boots.
Then type at the C:\> prompt:
DEBUG
and hit Enter. You'll see a dash (-) at the DEBUG prompt. Now type:
o 70 2e
which will show as -o 70 2e at the DEBUG prompt. Hit Enter. Then type:
o 71 ff
and hit Enter. Finally type:
Q
and hit Enter one last time to quit DEBUG back to the C:\> prompt.
Now you're ready to reboot your PC, and press the appropriate key or key
combo (look it up in your motherboard manual if you don't know it) to access
your BIOS Setup. You'll notice the password is gone.
"
NOTE: This works ONLY with MS-DOS 5.xx/6.xx, MS-DOS 7.xx [a.k.a. MS Windows
9x] or any other real mode OS.
"richard kelly" <rmk@wonderland.net> wrote in message
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How do you remove the password that initially pops up during boot? I
have a computer at work that I need to turn over to someone else and
need to get rid of my password.
Thanks