I managed to do the wipe and return to “as new” and yes I will look at PC Decrapifer. You may need to check out PC Decrapifier to fix this. It’s been about 8 years since I had a Sony Vaio but, just in case you have to revert it to Factory Settings (using Restore media or partition), be aware that Sony were reknowned for the amount of pre-installed bloatware they included in the factory builds.
Hopefully the Offline Password Recovery will work for you. I will continue to try to work out how to use Offline Password Recovery. Thanks for the advice about getting restore media from Sony. BEFORE I knew there was no password for it. I made a backup for Johns laptop a while back and said I could run a restore to his dead sons laptop. Sorry about the confusion, what I mean is John wants to reuse the laptop but does not need any information from it so I thought it needs to be wiped before any thing can be done with it. If none of these are available then Sony should be able to provide Restore media for less cost than the local repair shop. If Offline Password Recovery can’t be used to reset the laptop’s OS account passwords (post #3) then either restore the laptop using a system image backup or the OEM Restore Media/Partition. If the OP’s boss wants to re-use the laptop then there doesn’t seem to be much point wasting hours of time wiping the OS using DBAN. but almost immediately goes on to change this to “he would like to use his laptop but its locked”… so it’s easy to see how confusing these 2 statements are.īasically, the OP’s boss will not be able to use the laptop in question if it’s either locked (no access to the OS) or wiped (no OS). The OP’s post is entitled How to wipe deceased person’s locked laptop.
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