I've got here a laptop which has the BIOS protected by a password. I neither can't sign in any user from the system (Windows 10).
How can I boot an USB with a Windows 10 iso and reinstall the system?
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Password protection for BIOS exists for a reason. And its used to prevent hostile take over of a PC.
There is a chance you can reset the BIOS using the hardware pins. You can find that in your Motherboard user guide.
The above is a harder process for laptops if it exists at all.
7If USB boot is disabled there is no way to boot from it without entering the bios.
If you don't have the bios password you have to contact the support of the manufacturer of the laptop, they should be able to help you. It might be necessary to provide proof that you actually own the laptop though. And be warned, with some laptop models there just is no way to reset the bios password and the only solution is to replace the mainboard.
Another option would be to put the hard disk into a different computer and reinstall it there. With Linux this is pretty easy, with Windows you should use a (nearly) identical model for that. This only works if the laptop hasn't been set up with secure boot though.
Most laptops will have a boot menu you can access wiithout having to go into the bios.
For example, HP Elitebooks will allow you to press F9 to access the boot menu.
It would help to know what model of laptop (you should be able to Google the hotkey to access the boot menu for this model).
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