Recover BIOS password

[shashwat2011101]

Hi,

Is there any way to recover the BIOS password? Possibly read the nvram file or something? I know I can override the BIOS password by deleting the nvram file, but is there any way to recover it?

Thanks.

[AWo]

Welcome to the forums.

Create a new virtual machine with the same hardware configuration and attach your virtual disks to that one.

[RDPetruska]

The only way I am aware of would be any Phoenix BIOS recovery utilities, since that is what is emulated by the VMware virtual machine monitor.  The guest uses an Intel 440BX motherboard/chipset and a Phoenix BIOS.

Run the BIOS utility inside the virtual machine just as you would on a physical one.

[WoodyZ]

Create a new virtual machine with the same hardware configuration and attach your virtual disks to that one.

There really is no need to create another Virtual Machine as all one has to do is simply delete the .nvram file and a new one is created on next boot without the password.