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‎05-18-2017 02:04 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion DV 6000
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

I went to a thrift store and found a laptop for $40 no power cord... bought one and it had windows 8.1 password protected

is there away around that or do i need to buy a disk

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‎05-18-2017 05:32 PM

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Use Ophcrack:

https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-recover-passwords-using-ophcrack-livecd-2626168

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‎05-18-2017 08:36 PM

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Thanks 

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‎05-21-2017 07:04 AM

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Before using ophcrack i need a CD burner i need to buy i have a dvd player only

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‎05-21-2017 12:58 PM

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Normally the drive is CD/DVD.

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‎05-21-2017 01:02 PM

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My girlfriends desk top has a burner in it 

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