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Hi, Just purchased a toughbook cf-18 from a guy. Problem is that it has a supervisor password set on the bios. He can't remember what is was set to and I want to install a large hard drive. Can you help me remedy this problem
Re: Hi, Just purchased a toughbook cf-18 from a guy....
Hi there i have the same laptop with the password on it i have done all things to it but no good there one thing you can do for me tho can you send me the drivers disk plz
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XP can not be installed from usb as the bios does not enable it. Plug the ide hard drive into an older desktop system and install from boot on cd. Once all files are copied over then you need to copy the i386 folder over from the cd. Reinstall the hard drive into the toughbook and carry on the install from there.
not that hard, time consuming task.
BIOS, NIC, Power Option, remote user permission.
which require you to be at the machine. Since you can't do BIOS change via remote.
if all machine are similar, it should take you no more than 10 minutes per machine to set up, and test.
Toughbook CF18, CF-18 How to remove the BIOS Supervisor Password:
Open all covers and openings. Remove hard drive and battery. Remove bottom of notebook. Many many tiny screws. Now look towards the rear of the notebook. You will see 2 plugs both have a red and black wires. The one with the much smaller wires and connector is the BIOS battery. Use a pair of needle nose pliers and remove this plug.
Leave it off for 5-15 minutes.
Leave the BIOS battery plug off. Replace the laptop's main battery. Leave the hard drive out. Turn the unit over and turn it on. Press F2 when the screen comes up. POOF! NO PASSWORD!
Go to Security and disable the password. Save configuration. Turn off the notebook. Replace the small connector. Turn it back over and turn it back on. Press F2 and verify that there is no password. Go to Security and Disable the password again. Save the configuration. Put the bottom back on. You're done.
NOW FOR THE BAD NEWS!!! Your hard drive is now dead. Replace it. When a supervisor password is used it locks the hard drive to that password. There is NO WAY to recover the hard drive. It is called an ATA security password. Without the ATA password the hard drive is completely useless.
The BIOS may not support the larger drive at all; I suggest you look for a Toughbook forum and repost there and check Panasonic's site for a manual download and possibly a BIOS upgrade if the unit is equipped with a flash BIOS.
i think the computer is asking for bios pc if it is bios then you have to open the case and remove the bios battery for five sec.before this you have to remove the power plug.after five sec. just resit the battery and put the power plug back and switch it on. plz post your findings
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