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My question is about I can't open my laptop, because prompt message on the screen ALERT: System protection failure! Password:, It's asking for a password, but I did'nt put since I bought this on 2006
Toshiba tecra a8 model no. Pta83e-04l023ar, serial no. Z6042747h.
Can you please provide me the password, so that I can open my laptop.
Can you please provide me the password, so that I can open my laptop.
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That would appear to be a BIOS password.
Turn OFF, remove the battery, leave like this for 24 hours. Put the battery in and try to start.
If that does not work,
Remove the battery again and unplug the AC adapter. Press the "power" button ten times in a row, holding it down for ten seconds each time, and thirty seconds the last time around.
See if that gets it going.
Turn OFF, remove the battery, leave like this for 24 hours. Put the battery in and try to start.
If that does not work,
Remove the battery again and unplug the AC adapter. Press the "power" button ten times in a row, holding it down for ten seconds each time, and thirty seconds the last time around.
See if that gets it going.
9 years old laptop.
Maybe is not worth to recover it. Maybe is better buy new laptop and some SATA to USB cable and recover files / documents / pictures from it.
Maybe is not worth to recover it. Maybe is better buy new laptop and some SATA to USB cable and recover files / documents / pictures from it.
I'm not so sure. Unless you were in the bios and added a password. I think it highly unlikely some malware could have updated your bios settings. Nor is very likely some hardware issue caused the bios password to get set.
It sounds more like some fake messages some of my customers get from malware infections. When do you get this message? After power on? After Windows starts? After the Windows welcome screen opens?
It sounds more like some fake messages some of my customers get from malware infections. When do you get this message? After power on? After Windows starts? After the Windows welcome screen opens?
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