>>1567362
>Problem is I can't figure out how to bypass this admin lock.
Skip resetting Windows, put Win10 ltsc on a thumb drive, install fresh
The bios could be locked down and preventive USB boot. If so, pop hard drive, wipe, put Windows installer on drive, reinstall

>>1567374
Thanks for that solution, going to try that now.
Having a hard time trying to find the SDD on it tho.

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>>1567374
This SSD small as fuck.

Seems like I might need to buy a SSD Docking Station since my computer only has one port.

Or maybe I can have my windows installation on a hard drive, and them modify it there, then return it.

>>1567381
You've gone through everything you can on the bios to see if you can convince it to usb boot? I've been locked out of boot drive selection before and found some other random options for repair that just worked

>>1567362
Wiping the drive means zero fill (or more) it doesn't mean getting into windows and modifying what's installed. It means blanking the entire SSD/hard drive multiple times over so no one can get access to the data. THEN you can reinstall windows if needed or Linux to your desires.

Here's a free open sauce version called lethe
https://github.com/Kostassoid/lethe

COPY/PASTA BELOW:
A secure, free, cross-platform and open-source drive wiping utility.

Should work with any HDD, SSD (read limitations) and flash drives.

The usual methods for wiping (or sanitization) a drive, including those (allegedly) used by government agencies are based on destructive writes. In other words, on overwriting existing data with multiple layers of randomly generated data or some static pattern. This is basically what this tool does.

There are other similar applications around (including multiple built-in Linux tools). Most of them are proprietary, or slow, or non-cross-platform, which was a requirement for me. So I wrote this application.

Oh and if there is a bios lock, the only way you can short that is to open the computer up and take out the bios battery for a while (overnight - I don't know how long it requires but this doesn't hurt to wait this long) to nuke all settings (it's really not that hard if you follow youtube videos on the make/model disassembly). Also unplug the main laptop battery and have no connection to any power source. You want to drain this fucker dry...

You may wish to research BIOS resetting or updating for that make/model. I am not sure if a simple bios upgrade (to the same BIOS version) will work or not to reset all settings but it's worth a shot. Anyhow, once you're inside the laptop, you may wish to clean all the dust off the fan and even go so far as to re-thermal paste the CPU to the heatsink and fan. It's all not that hard to do but you may misplace screws. So my advice is to take pictures as you go and/or to use a piece of paper and draw on the paper what you're taking out and how many screws went to that area of the disassembly. Like fan, 8 screws, long type...draw a circle and put all those screws in that circle so you can keep track of what goes where. Because if you don't you'll end up with extra screws or a ribbon cable that you forgot to attach.

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>>1567479
Uh oh...

>>1567496
If you wanna wipe everything anyway who cares about BitLocker. Just get DBAN and nuke that baby.

>>1567498
I installed DBAN onto a 16GB USB using Rufus, plugged it into the laptop, nothing happened, bit locker greeted me again.

What am I doing wrong?

I am very new to bypassing bios and such plz be patient with me.

>>1567502
You're not bypassing the BIOS. You're wiping out the hard drive. That's what you want, right?

>>1567510
It's a SSD, and if wiping out the hard drive means getting pass the admin lock, sure.

My goal here is to make the laptop usable and getting into the operating system to install whatever I want on there.

>>1567511
Is that a Dell Inspiron 15 3593 (15.6-inch model from around 2019-2020)?

1. At the BIOS password prompt, enter a wrong password 3–5 times.
It should display a system code / hash (something like 1234567-595B or a similar format).
2. Go to bios-pw.org on another device.
Select Dell and enter the code.
3. Try the generated passwords (usually several options). Some models require Ctrl + Enter instead of just Enter.

This works on a huge number of Dell laptops.

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>>1567512
It is a Dell Latitude 5430, also I could try that but I am stopped by the BitLocker Recovery screen.

I've tried that method some time ago, but I believe this has been locked up by some company already, this was my Dad's old work laptop.

This is all great information tho, I could make a chart of all the ways to bypass a login. And Refer to it when I forget.

>>1567496
What happens if you press esc.

Also are you pressing the proper boot menu key when booting? Its f12 on dell

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>>1567730
Doing such will get me to the trouble shoot menu.

It goes straight to the bitlocker when I hit f12.

>>1567731
Troubleshoot is good, there should be an option to either get into boot menu, bios or reset to factory settings.

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>>1567733
None of these options lead anywhere...

>>1567734
What do yoh mean? Nothing happens of you press them?

>>1567735
Start up repair option loads repairs, but says it's unable to do so

Command prompt option just opens command prompt

Uninstall updates Uninstall updates

UEFI firmware settings Advances to Bios Setup
Where I still can't do anything

System restore tell me to specify wihich windows installation to restore, but doesn't give me an option to do so

System Image Recovery gives me an error

>>1567736
Get into uefi, can you disable fast boot?

>>1567737
Can't it's admin locked, as shown here.
>>1567362

>>1567738
Admin lock usually means it's locked by a password, can you not enter a password?
Cant see much in the op pic.

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>>1567739
I can answer password, just don't know it.

I crudely port pics here, I take a phone camera shot, send it to discord, then screen shot it because the file it too big, then send it here.

Wish I could phone post better but IDK how.

>>1567740
Try entering this as password: lllll3ln

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>>1567742
I've tried generating a password before for it... Didn't work.