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03-12-2009, 05:51 PM
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Problem w/ XP & Dell PPO7L laptop
A friend brought her Dell laptop (model #PPO7L) by to see if I could fix it. The OS, WinXP Home, will not let her past the password stage anymore.
She gave permission to wipe & reload the OS if necessary. Is it possible to wipe the drive, reformat & reload WinXP on this laptop ? If so how would I do it? I'm familiar with working on HDD's in desktops but not with laptops. In fact I don't even know how to access this particular HDD. More important, is there a way to get around the password sign-in feature in order to reset the password ? I would appreciate ANY help at all!! THX, CI PS: To MODS: If this post is in the wrong forum I apologize!! |
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03-12-2009, 07:43 PM
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You might want to try the recovery partition to restore the laptop to how it was when purchased.
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03-12-2009, 09:33 PM
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How would I do that ?
You can turn the machine on but once it gets to where you need a password to enter, thats as far as you can go. It will not accept the password that it was set up for. |
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03-12-2009, 10:50 PM
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