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my friend brought me her laptop and it has a problem, i cant enter the bios, as soon as i press the buttun the bios demands a password befor starting that she forgot, i would like to clear the password but i cant seem to find the battery, or a way to reset the bios settings to manifacture prev settings disabling the password. can i get help, its an acer dual processor board.

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A concise expert note for the Acer Aspire 5735Z situation reported by : the laptop is stopping at a BIOS password prompt before POST and the owner cannot recall the password. As correctly points out, forum members cannot assist with instructions to bypass or defeat device security.

Practical, lawful options that preserve data and warranty are: confirm proof of ownership (original invoice, owner ID) and the laptop serial number, then contact Acer support or an authorized Acer service center. Manufacturers and authorized technicians have validated procedures and tools for resetting firmware locks or replacing the board if required; those procedures are not published to the public for security reasons. Attempting ad-hoc hardware tinkering can void warranty or permanently damage the machine.

If data recovery is the priority and the hard drive is not itself password-locked, the drive can be removed (with owner consent) and connected to another system or an external enclosure to copy files. If the drive uses an ATA/HDD password or appears encrypted, only professional services or the manufacturer can advise on recovery options, and recovery may not be possible.

Recommended next steps: document ownership and the laptop S/N, contact Acer support or the original retailer, and consider an authorized service technician for diagnosis. Maintain clear records of who owns the machine and avoid improvised attempts to clear passwords; those carry a real risk of data loss and hardware damage and are not something the forum can help with.

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From what I've gathered, no one around here will help you get around a laptop password, it's not allowed sorry.

Perhaps contact the manufacturer or place of purchase.

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