help needed

[freddy]

got a toshiba laptop here with a bios p/word ,,,will not boot from floppy , and struggles to read a 98 cd ,,

need to run killcmos ,,but won,t work in windoze

is there a line ican add ttoo the boot.ini , to give a c prompt ,,

boot.ini looks like this

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

[craigmodius]

some googling turns up this...

Most Toshiba laptops and some desktop systems will bypass the BIOS password if the left shift key is held down during boot

also it says the default password for toshiba is toshiba, and then of course there's this

but I think if you want a XP machine to boot to a command prompt you can just select it by hitting F8 a buncha times after the bios splash screen to get the startup menu (safe mode, command prompt etc.)

[craigmodius]

the bit about booting from a 98 disc threw me off.

I thought you had a 98 system till I noticed what forum this was in, and saw the "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micr osoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect' part.

I edited my post after noticing that.

but you should still be able to F8 your way to a command prompt upon bootup.

[Archer]

Dont know how accurate this information is Freddy but I came across this a while ago:

Laptops can be handled in the same way. If you're lucky, the CMOS battery will be under a easily accessible hatch in its own little compartment. If that's not the case, you'll need to open up the unit. First remove all the screws. You're going to need a set of very small screwdrivers. Keep an eye out for screws hidden under labels and rubber pads. Quite likely, after removing all screws, you'll need to gently pry open the laptops case.

By the way, the laptops power battery has nothing to do with the CMOS battery.

With a Toshiba you can try a loopback connected to the parallell port during the boot. This is done by connecting pins 1-5-10, 2-11, 3-17, 4-12, 6-16, 7-13, 8-14, 9-15, 18-25.


DB25
------------------------------
\ 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 ... 13 /
\ 14 15 16 17 18 .......25 /
--------------------------

With a Dallas clock, not finding a clear jumper makes things a little tricky. If the chip is labeled 'A' (DS1287A or DS12887A or DS12B887 (bq3287A)), try this: Pin 21 is a RAM Clear input. To empty the RAM, ground that.