Hi,
Apparently today I took out a very old Dell Latitude D620 which had a 100GB HDD. I swapped it out for a 500GB Seagate HDD. I forgot the name. It had Windows 8 installed on it if I wasn't wrong. But what happened was bad
1. My BIOS Admin Password is forgotten, so I cannot change boot sequence or any advanced stuff, it also doesn't recognize my HDD
2. None of the Operating Systems recognized my HDD so installation cannot happen
3. I tried Startup Repair but what happened was it got stuck on 1 error message which I cannot reverse. Every time I turn to boot from there, it comes to the same error screen
4. I don't think I installed it wrongly
5. CMD could recognize it, but even running commands to fix the boot sector failed
6. I would not like to reset the CMOs battery or pay for resetting
So if anyone can help please help, Thanks
We can't help you due to Microsoft's policy about BIOS/etc. Passwords.
Contact your laptop, computer or motherboard manufacturer.
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Microsoft forbids any assistance being given in these Forums to help you bypass or "crack" lost or forgotten Passwords.
Here is the Microsoft Information outlining that Policy:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-security/keeping-passwords-secure-microsoft-policy-on/39f56ef0-5d68-41ad-9daa-6e6019c25d37
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