Need to reset to factory settings: my Lenovo Thinkpad is locked because I cannot find my password and I don't remember my log in. Can you tell me how to reset it to factory settings?
-
1Please do not use all caps for titles or anything else. Ever :). Can you edit your post and include exactly which password is reset - are you at the Windows login or a text based screen right at the beginning when you turn it on? – Paul Apr 24 '12 at 13:44
-
Windows password or Bios password? – Moab Apr 25 '12 at 1:11
Add a comment
|
If you are talking about the BIOS password right after you boot the Laptop you have four ways.
- remember the password
- send your laptop to lenovo and prove that you are the owner
- replace the motherboard
- change BIOS by soldering another one in place
It is a special security feature of Thinkpads that you cannot simply short a jumper and reset the BIOS by doing so. Source: ThinkPad on German Wikipedia.
