toshiba satellite u200 locked.

just recently bought a used toshiba laptop.

didn't get any disks or anything with it. the laptop is locked with the old users profile and i can't get passed the fingerprint scan application.

is there a way to bypass the fingerprint scan or use an application to curtail it?

or is there somewhere i can dwld the boot disk to also bypass? or is there another way to get around the lock? possibly in the bios?

please reply asap.

 

the person is mia. he's out of the picture.

what can i do?

 

anyone?

 

Get a copy of windows. Wipe the drive clean, I think the fingerprint is only to get into windows.

 

so just basically do a reformat?

would i be able to find all the laptop drivers online?

 

Yeah a reformat will be fine. As long as you have the model number the drivers should be easy to find on the Toshiba website.

 

cool, thanks for the help.

 

took my son 2 minutes to bypass the sony fingerprint
he used the password reset tool lol

 

what bypass tool? is there a toshiba one available?

 

he used the hiron boot disc to change something alas he cannot remember what exactly

but next time we'll document it and post it
sorry about the time delay we also run an internet cafe and it gets busy

 

Unless you have important data on it, a clean format will give you better performance anyway.

 

it's actually my friends laptop which i'm fixing.

i should add that i'm not sure whether it gives me the option to enter the bios prior to the fingerprint scan.

if i'm unable to get to bios, what can i do then? i'm just trying to cover all bases.

i don't have the cpu yet so i can't check.