| Forgetting passwords can be frustrating. And in most cases it can be reset or changed with ease, but it becomes more difficult when dealing with a BIOS. |
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| This guide is recommended for Acer owners that want to remove the BIOS password from their laptop, on the BIOS menu entry |
| Introduction |
| Forgetting passwords is the worst thing we all have ever faced in our life. Whether it's the login password of your social media account or the login password of your laptop/computer. Most of the time, it can be reset or removed with ease. |
| But, when it comes to BIOS password, it's not that ease. Sometimes there's no other choice than replacing the motherboard and that can be very expensive. |
| I own an Acer laptop, at that time I was just a noob about BIOS security, and set up a password so that no one can access the boot menu. It was my lucky day that it wasn't set while booting, otherwise I would have been in great trouble. |
| This guide is only for the users who have set up their BIOS password on BIOS menu entry. Not while booting into the OS. |
| There's also a detailed article to remove BIOS password which might help you in different ways. I'll be focused on Acer laptops because I know how to get it done on Acer laptops. |
| If you don't have an Acer laptop, you should still give it a try. Maybe it'll be useful in your case as well. |
| What's The Basic Concept |
| We know very well that all the laptop manufacturers provides BIOS firmware to the user, e.g. updated ones or existing ones. In Acer’s case, they do provide it on their official website. All you need is the laptop model number or the SNID. |
| When we flash the BIOS firmware, it'll update the BIOS to improve its performance; however, what if we edit some of its content so that the existing password will be removed. Well, it's totally possible and thousands of people are doing it. I'll be showing you the exact way to do this. |
| Below are the only situations in which you'll be able to follow this guide: |
| • You should be able to boot into Windows OS. |
| • Access to internet to download the firmware. |
| • Smartness of course. |
| People are encountering problems that they either can't extract the firmware or can't flush it. Below I’ve shown the entire solution to each individual problem, so that you can remove BIOS password with ease. |