@Tail https://cdn2.minitool.com/?p=pw&e=pw-free - make sure you don't boot from the drive you wanna zap.
/nosanitize
@th3j35t3r Nope, was an old boot drive I wanna completely nuke. TY so much🙏
@th3j35t3r I don't think I can boot from anything but the main boot drive, can't get into my BIOS to change the boot order or anything like that.
@evistre As soon as I got my laptop, first thing I did was try to secure it. So I put an admin password on the BIOS.
... And IMMEDIATELY forgot what it was. I'd had a couple margaritas and it was just a bad idea.
I've done all the steps possible down to removing the CMOS battery and everything but no go. I'd have to RMA it to MSI for them to fix it.
@Tail huh... you really should be able to reset the bios with the cmos battery. while it's out are you pressing the power button or anything?
@evistre Yup, I've done absolutely everything. I've left the batter out for days, tried power cycling the crap out of it, all that stuff. No idea. Of course, I haven't called MSI about it but I don't think they could tell me anything I haven't already tried. I was so surprised that taking the CMOS battery out didn't work.
@Tail why can't you get into your bios? oem?
// @th3j35t3r