can i make a Windows XP boot up disc that will load dos?

Question

I have a laptop, donated free (again) it works but the screen is smashed, thats why its a freebie... on boot-up it asks for the password at log on...also the setup in BIOS asks for the password....Brian, my mate "forgot" his password, he says he changed it that much he doesn't know whether he's coming or going.... I need (Je crois) a DOS prompt so I can look for pwl files... do I?

The lappy hard drive is not compatible with my other lappy, and being a new lappy it doesn't have floppy..!!!

I cant even reinstall windows because the password prompt always comes on...!

Answer 1

Using a manufacturers backdoor password to access the BIOS
Reset the CMOS using the jumpers or solder beads.
Removing the CMOS battery for at least 10 minutes
Overloading the keyboard buffer

Please remember that most BIOS passwords do not protect the hard drive, so if you need to recover the data, simply remove the hard drive and install it in an identical system, or configure it as a slave drive in an existing system. The exception to this are laptops, especially IBM Thinkpads, which silently lock the hard drive if the supervisor password is enabled. If the supervisor password is reset without resetting the and hard drive as well, you will be unable to access the data on the drive.

Answer 2

U can remove the battery powering the mother board for so BIOS password is lost u can also try by shorting the jumper on the mother board which loads default configuration. To create bootup. right click on floppy drive -> format ->check create an MSDOS startup. Then format ur floppy drive. Reboot ur system with the floppy disk in the drive.