What is the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)?
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is the firmware used during the booting process to perform hardware initialization, and it also provides runtime service for programs and operating systems. In layman’s terms, a computer’s microprocessor uses the BIOS program to get the computer system started after you hit the ON button on your CPU. BIOS also manages the flow of data between a computer’s operating system and the devices attached like hard disk, keyboard, printer, mouse, and video adapter.
What is the BIOS Password?
A BIOS Password is the verification information required now and then to log into a computer’s basic input/output system before the booting process starts. However, the BIOS password needs to be manually enabled and is thus mostly found on corporate computers and not personal systems.
The password is stored in the Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) memory. In some types of computers, it is maintained in a small battery attached to the motherboard. It prevents unauthorized use of computers by providing an extra layer of security. It can cause problems sometimes; for example, if a computer owner forgets his password or an employee gives back his/her computer without disclosing the password, the computer won’t boot up.
Forgetting passwords is an issue we are all too familiar with.
While in most cases, simply clicking on the Forgot Password option and following a couple of easy steps gets you the access back, but that isn’t always the case. Forgetting the BIOS password (a password usually set to avoid entry into the BIOS settings or to avoid your personal computer from booting) implies that you won’t be able to boot up your system altogether.
Fortunately, like for everything out there, there exist a few workarounds to this problem. We will go through those workarounds/solutions to forgetting the BIOS password in this article and hopefully be able to log you back into your system.
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