password on bios setup

[Guest]

I Have an HP 304W, with windows XP Home. I was wanting to erase the hard
drive. But when I get to Bios set up screen it asks for a password. I do
not have a password. How do I know if the recovery disks I made will work if
I cannot get onto that screen? How do I find or eliminate that password
request?

 

[Rock]

I Have an HP 304W, with windows XP Home. I was wanting to erase the hard
drive. But when I get to Bios set up screen it asks for a password. I do
not have a password. How do I know if the recovery disks I made will work
if
I cannot get onto that screen? How do I find or eliminate that password
request?

This isn't an XP OS issue. I suggest you contact HP tech support.

 

[Dave Patrick]

To do a clean install, boot the Windows XP install CD-Rom. Setup inspects
your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to install the setup
and driver files. When the Windows XP Professional screen appears, press
ENTER to set up Windows XP Professional.

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows XP CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very important (at
setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive controller
detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be
prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows XP driver for your
drive controller in drive "A")

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows XP Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

Be sure to apply SP2 or at least these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx




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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

[db]

go to hp website

look up your model

then look for the user manual
on accessing your bios and
accessing the hidden partition
to launch the restore program

and look for how to restore to
factory settings....

i don't have an hp but the
suggestions may provide you
with a start to initiating the
tasks you want.....

- db


I Have an HP 304W, with windows XP Home. I was wanting to erase the hard
drive. But when I get to Bios set up screen it asks for a password. I do
not have a password. How do I know if the recovery disks I made will work if
I cannot get onto that screen? How do I find or eliminate that password
request?

 

[Guest]

It didn't come with an install cd-rom. when I first got the computer, it
told me to make the recovery cd's. I can't use them, because when I put the
cd in and start up and click f1, the biso screen wants a password.
--
Karen

To do a clean install, boot the Windows XP install CD-Rom. Setup inspects
your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to install the setup
and driver files. When the Windows XP Professional screen appears, press
ENTER to set up Windows XP Professional.

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows XP CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very important (at
setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive controller
detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be
prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows XP driver for your
drive controller in drive "A")

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows XP Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

Be sure to apply SP2 or at least these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx




--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

I Have an HP 304W, with windows XP Home. I was wanting to erase the hard
drive. But when I get to Bios set up screen it asks for a password. I do
not have a password. How do I know if the recovery disks I made will work
if
I cannot get onto that screen? How do I find or eliminate that password
request?

 

[Dave Patrick]

You shouldn't need to access the system bios. Check the manufacturer's
documentation for the steps to complete the restore process.

There should be a jumper placement to reset the cmos to factory default or
possibly removing the mobo battery for a few minutes.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

[Guest]

I do appreciate your patience with me. I bought a program to erase the hard
drive. It states to re-install any operating system and partitions when
done. I do not want to attempt this, until I know I can put all the orignial
stuff back on the hard drive. So, when trying to attempt system recovery (
to see if the recovery disks worked) the bios screen that came up when I
clicked f1, asked for a password before I could move down to "boot". I
don't have a password or if I do, I don't know it.

This hard drive must have a partition to mae C & D drives.
Karen

You shouldn't need to access the system bios. Check the manufacturer's
documentation for the steps to complete the restore process.

There should be a jumper placement to reset the cmos to factory default or
possibly removing the mobo battery for a few minutes.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

It didn't come with an install cd-rom. when I first got the computer, it
told me to make the recovery cd's. I can't use them, because when I put
the
cd in and start up and click f1, the biso screen wants a password.

 

[Dave Patrick]

What program? What steps are you going to perform once the drive is erased?

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

[Guest]

I purchased "Drive Erase Pro" (program). Once the drive is erased, I want to
make the drive like it was when I bought the computer. I am giving the
computer away and do not want any of my info on the comoputer.
--
Karen

What program? What steps are you going to perform once the drive is erased?

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

I do appreciate your patience with me. I bought a program to erase the
hard
drive. It states to re-install any operating system and partitions when
done. I do not want to attempt this, until I know I can put all the
orignial
stuff back on the hard drive. So, when trying to attempt system recovery
(
to see if the recovery disks worked) the bios screen that came up when I
clicked f1, asked for a password before I could move down to "boot". I
don't have a password or if I do, I don't know it.

This hard drive must have a partition to mae C & D drives.
Karen

 

[Dave Patrick]

You can accomplish this with a win98 startup disk. Boot the floppy disk, run
fdisk and delete any partitions found.

http://www.bootdisk.com/

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

[Rock]

I do appreciate your patience with me. I bought a program to erase the
hard
drive. It states to re-install any operating system and partitions when
done. I do not want to attempt this, until I know I can put all the
orignial
stuff back on the hard drive. So, when trying to attempt system recovery
(
to see if the recovery disks worked) the bios screen that came up when I
clicked f1, asked for a password before I could move down to "boot". I
don't have a password or if I do, I don't know it.

This hard drive must have a partition to mae C & D drives.

Why don't you call HP tech support?

 

[Poprivet]

I Have an HP 304W, with windows XP Home. I was wanting to erase the
hard drive. But when I get to Bios set up screen it asks for a
password. I do not have a password. How do I know if the recovery
disks I made will work if I cannot get onto that screen? How do I
find or eliminate that password request?

If you mean you can't get into the CMOS settings, go to the mfg site for
into on how to get past it. It's usually a jumper remove/replace or vice
versa.

If you mean the password to get into XP, you dn't need it. Just boot from
the XP CD.

You need to be clearer with your questions.

Pop`