i just had a new HD installed.. i partioned it into 1 piece .. did what i had to do . i reboot the machine and i go to my computer and i see no cd drvies .. and i got 2.. when i go to device manager they appear with a question mark on them like thay arent connected or something .. any ideas???

First of all, please refrain from DOUBLE POSTING in the future. You should have posted your problem here --> http://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14628
since it is related to the thread.

No offence but stop using the word "Help" and "please" in your future thread titles. Its really really really ANNOYING. Begging for help is not tolerated in this forum. Help will always come itself.

yeah my bad .. i know .. the thing is this problem is freakin me out..first the hard drive i couldn't fix and now this...
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yo guys i did it after running regedit.exe and deleting the upperfilters and some stuff i done it thanks for all the help guys.. another question now.. for the laptop the bios has a password.. i need that password is there anyway you guys can get them the bios is..PhoenixBIOS NoteBIOS 4.0

Originally posted by dafullram
yo guys i did it after running regedit.exe and deleting the upperfilters and some stuff i done it thanks for all the help guys.. another question now.. for the laptop the bios has a password.. i need that password is there anyway you guys can get them the bios is..PhoenixBIOS NoteBIOS 4.0

Originally posted by Rick:
Laptops, in general, make it nearly impossible to remove BIOS passwords. While desktop PCs can be fixed by a simple "clear CMOS" function, laptops store passwords in a chip seperate from the CMOS. There's often no way to reset it.

I have successfully built a Toshiba password removal dongle which would clear Toshiba passwords, but I'm unware of any such thing for Dells. I might look into the possibility of a password reset dongle if I were you though.

There are also companies who will remove the password for a fee.

Most desktop Phoenix BIOSes have a backdoor password which is very simple: phoenix
(all small letters, no capitals)
Try this on your laptop.

For more information, see here:
http://www.pwcrack.com/bios.shtml

Finally, here is a little utility that can probably read that password.
Download it here:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?cmospwd.html

Click on the word "zip" in the line:
DOS-Windows 9x/NT versions + source zip
near the top.