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I am trying to recover my system Acer Aspire to its factory default without the xp cd ?

Hello expert , I am trying to clean the whole system from scratch if possible (Acer Aspire) , I gt genuine winxp it came with the system , I am faced with two issues here .
1. when I try to gt to the bios I am prompted to enter a password, ofcourse I tried the bk door password with no luck , removed the cmos battery with no luck , regarding setting jumpers/swtiches I do not know how and have not tried .
2. Is it possible to clear the whole system without the winxp ,since I gt the original installed and do not want to buy winxp , I am ok with what I gt for now.
3.I gt kaspersky 2010 installed , I have not gt the cd that came with it , will I be able to use the same code and install it again from the net using the code that is under licence , pls help .
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1- when I try to gt to the bios I am prompted to enter a password << you should put in the password
You can't remove the password, without knowing it !
modern laptops keep it in a security chip - for anti-theft reasons
resetting the bios does not help;  nor does removing the battery, since the password is not in there
you would need to know in what chip it is, and how to reset that
you have to turn it in to the manufacturer, and show proof of ownership - then they can help
or replace the mobo !
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I see even using jumper setting will not solve it ? The system details is as follow
Acer Aspire T180 R01-A2
S/N : 92DOA7ZU8M64006FA82701
Board:Acer EM61SM/EM61PM  , i NEED THE aUDIO DRIVER FOR THIS MOBO PLS , also no comments on kaspersky isuse ?
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Thks , Do U mean I have not given points to anyone? I am sorry but thats not the case I am afraid , maybe points were given but not necessary to a certain person , I do discuss with the Admin as well , so surely if he was not happy he will point out , Also regarding no of Questions , I am entitle to ask question(thats what the site is for). I am going to close this question after I hear from you , crl + F10 worked so I gt the system up and running , I am just waiting for ur comment ,so pls let me know if I am wrong or something .
nothing to add award nobus the points and I'm happy :)
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thks to you both for the gr8 help , I do appreciate every single help from the heart . Keep up the good job and have a nice weekend guys .
I didn't fix it, I wasn't trying to get the points, just pointing out your profile says 7 questions, zero points awarded,  NoBus deserved the points on this one.
it's 7 answered but it's the ones you answered yourself and don't get points for, my bad , I apologies I read it wrong.
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I have divided the points hopefully fairly , U have answerd one question and made a good points so I gave 100 points which I think Its fair and 400 for Nobus , not sure why its mentioned 7 q with no points , but if U go through them there r some complication in some of the questions , and some even I gt no reply so you know it depends really , but we all here trying to be as one community and help if we can.
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No worries , not sure how  I can keep in touch with you Harel , ofcourse if thats allowed in this site ? whats ur speciality in if may I ask ?
my email is on my details page.
my speciality, is mainly supporting small/medium business networks, most are professional corporations(doctors lawyers accountants).  ran a home and small business IT company mainly break/fix for about 10 years.  Before that I worked for an Evil empire telecomm company in 2nd tier pc / network support. and did a 6 month tour in their application development (probably should have called it application un-devopment group)