My school set the BIOS to read the c drive only so no cds and or floppies can be used to wipe the drives and so on... and since they password locked the BIOS i cant really get in that way to change it.. so if i unhooked the battery, started back up when it was reset, and then set it to read the cd rom drive, would it be wrong of me to do this? I forgot to mention that we are using the computers with student locks on them for ITS and we need to get rid of it but the school hasnt approved of us doing it yet and we are running out of time in the unit....
2007-01-08 23:35:12 · 4 answers · asked by David E 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
I also am aware unhooking the battery to bios resets it so i can go in without a pass and change how it boots up to allow for a wipe disk so there would be no locks on it.
2007-01-08 23:47:45 · update #1
Also it isnt hooked up to the server so they wouldnt know i did anything its for ITS purposes only not for going online
2007-01-08 23:56:13 · update #2
If you are asking if this will work, then yes it will. I've used this method when some friends of mine have accidently forgotten their BIOS passwords.
If you are asking if it is ethically right to do, I would say no. They are not your computers, they are the school's, and if they haven't given you permission yet, then don't mess with it. I am actually in a similar situation: about a month's worth of my education in engineering class was wasted because my stupid school took their sweet time approving a project. So just do what I am doing: write a very nasty letter to the school about how their beauracracy is screwing with your education.
2007-01-08 23:56:38 · answer #1 · answered by Chip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically, this may work, but unhooking the power source may cause the computer to crash in BIOS, if you run off o re server, there isn't much power to read, and I'm not sure, but i think in BIOS, any locks made in normal start-up will still run in a reserve state, you really are only changing the power source from a plug to a reserver battery. Have you tried running the computer in BIOS at start up and resetting the computer completely? If you run in BIOS, you can usually delete the Interface, and restore it to default, I mean most schools set the master password to something ridiculously easy... (my school is administrator, and PowersLibrary2007 - Library manager)So just try your mascots name or something stupid :P
2007-01-09 07:45:13 · answer #2 · answered by scopetu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They must have put a password on the system for a reason. Should your actions be detected, you could face legal as well as school sanctions. There is a good chance you could leave "electronic fingerprints" so I would not try it.
2007-01-09 07:47:20 · answer #3 · answered by Yankees Fan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might not want to mess with a school system. They could bring legal action on you.
2007-01-09 07:42:28 · answer #4 · answered by BigWashSr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋