New Second hand Hp.

[g.hopper1]

HI Guys, And Girls.
I have recently purchase a Second hand Hp d530c. The previous owner had a user password on it.

Unfortunatly the person is now deceased and i can't log on.

I have also tried to format hd with my xp disk. The computer will not pick it up and won't boot from it.

I have tried to bypass the user password so i can delete it and do a system restore.

Please help, any will do.

Cheers g.hopper1

[xje4bv]

User password? You mean BIOS password or Windows startup password. Try using Kon-Boot for the latter.

[ha14]

Yap
Kon-boot
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2009/04/29/login-to-windows-administrator-and-linux-root-account-without-knowing-or-changing-current-password/

[Kazemagic]

hmmmm....yes I agree..Use konboot.

[nightshift]

Why second hand? Don't you know that second hands will not last long than originals?

[Kazemagic]

hmmm..Thats not all the time you see...It depends how well did the original user took care of it