P passwordrecovery2000 Distinguished Dec 5, 2011 1 0 18,510 Dec 5, 2011 #1 I forgot my boot password on my old compaq presario 3000 and I can't get in.
Saga Lout Retired Mod Mar 31, 2010 24,042 310 69,740 Dec 5, 2011 #2 Hello and welcome to Tom's Hardware Forums. If by boot password you mean the BIOS password, you're sunk but if it's only the Windows system password you could install a Linux system on to the same hard disk and transfer your flies to the new system. Upvote 0 Downvote
Hello and welcome to Tom's Hardware Forums. If by boot password you mean the BIOS password, you're sunk but if it's only the Windows system password you could install a Linux system on to the same hard disk and transfer your flies to the new system.