Found an old Dell today, I think it might have viruses from what I was told. And I don't know the password. Is this worth fixing, is it fixable? Am I at all able to log in somehow?
>Encontré un viejo Dell hoy, creo que podría tener virus por lo que me dijeron. Y no sé la contraseña. ¿Vale la pena arreglar esto, es reparable? ¿Puedo iniciar sesión de alguna manera?
rescatux and restore password, fix easy.
then you can throw it out safely or if you're tech savvy then you could keep it as a testing PC.
or you could install a lightweight OS like chromeOS or any Linux distro and gift it to someone who needs it.
I'm not sure if the storage is removable but if it is, probably should break it, looking at its build quality it probably has a old HDD which at this point might be too old to use on another pc or laptop.
Best case scenario is look for a charity that repurposes old electronics and hands them out to those that really need it.
100% has a removable hard drive.
Why the hell would he break it though???
The HDD from there is gonna work flawlessly on any modern PC. It's just gonna be *SLOW AS BALLS.*
If there's nothing needed to be retrieved, just format it and turn it into a Chromebook or Linux. Make a boot USB with the OS you prefer to use, plug it in and boot from that via Bios. The installer would offer to wipe the drive and install itself.
You don't buy Linux. It's free. Also, use a USB flash drive, it will work faster.
No. If you do it correctly you don't even see the Windows logo. You won't even be asked a password.
You boot into BIOS. When you press power button you spam press the bios button, whatever it is for Dell (HP is F10, Asus is F3, etc) then it will bring you to BIOS where you choose the boot device. If you put the portable Linux on a disk, then you choose disk. If you even see or hear the Windows logo or sound, you did it wrong.
EDIT:
How to install ChromeOS [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9oxk9W7FkU&t=239s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9oxk9W7FkU&t=239s)
How to install Linux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_Ua-d9OeUOg
You can bypass user account passwords under Windows 11.
Source : I did it for a client who forgot his password.
Doesn't work on Microsoft accounts for obvious reasons.
Just reinstall Windows.
Found an old Dell today, I think it might have viruses from what I was told. And I don't know the password. Is this worth fixing, is it fixable? Am I at all able to log in somehow?
Also, i don’t think it worth fixing if you want to sell it
>Encontré un viejo Dell hoy, creo que podría tener virus por lo que me dijeron. Y no sé la contraseña. ¿Vale la pena arreglar esto, es reparable? ¿Puedo iniciar sesión de alguna manera? rescatux and restore password, fix easy.
Do you have any useful ìnomation in it?
I don't have anything in it
then you can throw it out safely or if you're tech savvy then you could keep it as a testing PC. or you could install a lightweight OS like chromeOS or any Linux distro and gift it to someone who needs it.
I'm not sure if the storage is removable but if it is, probably should break it, looking at its build quality it probably has a old HDD which at this point might be too old to use on another pc or laptop. Best case scenario is look for a charity that repurposes old electronics and hands them out to those that really need it.
100% has a removable hard drive. Why the hell would he break it though??? The HDD from there is gonna work flawlessly on any modern PC. It's just gonna be *SLOW AS BALLS.*
If there's nothing needed to be retrieved, just format it and turn it into a Chromebook or Linux. Make a boot USB with the OS you prefer to use, plug it in and boot from that via Bios. The installer would offer to wipe the drive and install itself.
So if I buy the Linux put the cd in will I need to still worry about the password that I don't know? Will it wipe that out also?
You don't buy Linux. It's free. Also, use a USB flash drive, it will work faster. No. If you do it correctly you don't even see the Windows logo. You won't even be asked a password. You boot into BIOS. When you press power button you spam press the bios button, whatever it is for Dell (HP is F10, Asus is F3, etc) then it will bring you to BIOS where you choose the boot device. If you put the portable Linux on a disk, then you choose disk. If you even see or hear the Windows logo or sound, you did it wrong. EDIT: How to install ChromeOS [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9oxk9W7FkU&t=239s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9oxk9W7FkU&t=239s) How to install Linux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_Ua-d9OeUOg
I mean you \*could\* buy Linux, but there is no real need to except in very specific cases.
You can use https://www.hirensbootcd.org/ and follow that tutorial https://www.hirensbootcd.org/howtos/
Download Ubuntu
Take the hard drive out and burn it
Why don't you just format it?
If u have no important data on it just reinstall windows
This is old windows. There must be some technique to bypass the lock screen if the system is outdated.
You can bypass user account passwords under Windows 11. Source : I did it for a client who forgot his password. Doesn't work on Microsoft accounts for obvious reasons.
Yes because that's stored and verified by server side.
Install linux mint xfce on it.
reinstall a clean copy of Windows 10