Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Thu Jul 3 04:28:27 CDT 2008
Hi John We sell a lot of ThinkPads. My colleague tells, that the jumper thing is for resetting the BIOS password which doesn't sound like your trouble. To reinstall the harddisk from scratch to factory defaults (virgin machine) you need the reinstall disk set that often does not accompany the machine. These are without a password (of course). You should be able to obtain a set from Lenovo at a minor nominal fee if you provide the serial no. of the machine. /gustav >>> john at winhaven.net 02-07-2008 21:11 >>> Anyone have an idea of how I can restore a Thinkpad Z60t to factory conditions without the system password? I made the Recovery disks, but it kept asking for the password. An internet source said if I formatted the recovery area of the disk it wouldn't ask for that any longer, formatted it and that wasn't true. Another source says it can't be done unless I hot-wire a chip on the motherboard! Strong security is nice until it prevents you from doing what you intend to do to your own equipment. John B.