Power-on Password

[Akhenaton]

I recently put a password on my HP BIOS and have forgotten it. Now I can't even get anywhere with my PC because each time I start it it says POWER ON PASSWORD

[whubbard]

...start guessing.

did you put a HDD password on as well?

[Akhenaton]

Nope, there's no HDD password

[rjfvillarosa]

Is this a tower or laptop?
If it is a tower you can reset the BIOS to default settings using the motherboard CMOS reset jumper.

[Panama Red]

And that's about the most info we can provide. Discussions of how to bypass passwords, even for legitimate reasons, violates Forum Rules and forces closure of this thread.

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