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cayugafalls

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5. If this is your laptop then the best course is to re-install the OS.

Reply to Kali (Original post)

Fri Aug 14, 2020, 07:02 PM

Aug 2020

If you want files from the drive there are ways to get them off and on an external but it is not for the technically uninformed. Best bet is to call a tech that has the capability to deal with the problem. It might not be cheap.

The tools you need are not easy to find, implement and use. Some cost money. Technicians have them, at least the good ones do.

I have a flash drive with all I need to do what is needed, but it is something I paid money and time for back in my tech days.

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how hard is it to bypass or hack an administrater's password? [View all] Kali Aug 2020 OP

Tell me your password and I'll tell you how hard it is. 5X Aug 2020 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Kali Aug 2020 #2

I was kidding, now I have hacked your password. 5X Aug 2020 #4

hope you wrote it down Kali Aug 2020 #9

Mine is all numbers. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 LiberalArkie Aug 2020 #3

If this is your laptop then the best course is to re-install the OS. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #5

actually someone else's Kali Aug 2020 #10

Cool. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #13

well, I also need to remember what it was Kali Aug 2020 #14

Yea, remembering can be difficult. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #15

Kali, what is the issue? I'll try to help if I can DonaldsRump Aug 2020 #6

see my other replies Kali Aug 2020 #11

Not hard at all (from a security perspective), but some tech skill is handy. Make7 Aug 2020 #7

it just occurred to me that I might actually be able to use this on a couple of other laptops, Kali Aug 2020 #8

I'm sorry you're having to deal with that. Make7 Aug 2020 #16

Thank you and I apologize Kali Aug 2020 #18

This LuvLoogie Aug 2020 #12

This is fascinating. A few years ago I took hubby's laptop in to get it fixed. LAS14 Aug 2020 #17