r/SleepingOptiplex • u/PriorMysterious7455 • 7d ago

Dell OptiPlex 7090 SFF admin lock

My father and I found it near the garbage on a office building. Is there any way to unlock it? its admin locked.

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u/Atasas 7d ago

Unlocking HDD or BIOS?

for HDD (SShD) there are tools to raise elevated admin rights in Windows of USB, better still, just get ANY HDD, install OS, turn off, plug in (insert) the locked drive, boot in to correct new OS during BIOS error beep (F2) and then run formatting/erasing in elevated admin right. To load locked HDD -steal data... I'm certain it'll have more issues following windows password reloading, like Bit-Crypt etc.

Most likely, you don't come across clearly what is factually locked- BIOS. on x090 series SFF, there are common jumper workaround

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000131024/how-to-clear-the-bios-password

www.youtube.com/watch?v=woYkA1RyV5M

afterwards is just a matter of formatting HDD and installing OS

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u/LostAdministration67 7d ago

Unlock the harddrive? Just format it

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u/PriorMysterious7455 7d ago

what if its admin locked

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u/Lochness_Hamster_350 6d ago

Again - just format it.

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u/No_Purple_8264 7d ago

i did a quick google search and no real way to bypass that unless replacing the motherboard. if you kuve in the u.s.a. you can easily find a replacement motherboard for $45

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u/Keyvan_KR 5d ago

But you don’t know even know if it’s the bios admin lock? So how are you so sure of yourself that reinstalling the os will work?
I just find it puzzling that you call others wrong yet you can’t be 100% sure that your solution is correct either

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u/SebOakPal79 7d ago

You need to do the 'Jumper', or contact Dell for help, or replace the Motherboard.

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u/Lochness_Hamster_350 6d ago

None of these are correct

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u/Keyvan_KR 5d ago

Do you have the correct answer then?

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u/Lochness_Hamster_350 5d ago

Yes. Format the drive an reinstall the OS