like "CLEAR," "CLRPWD," or even "PASSWORD." It's often right next to the BIOS chip or the CMOS battery, and shorting it is another way to reset the CMOS. That sounds more daunting than it actually ...

In his line of work, Instructables user [Harrymatic] sees a lot of Toshiba laptops come across his desk, some of which are protected with a BIOS password. Typically, in order to make it past the ...