BIOS password in Tower Ion

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Passwords

There is a Tower Ion nettop with Windows 7 installed.
They gave it to me and asked me to install Ubuntu there.
The fact is that there is a password on the BIOS and you can’t enter it, the owner says that he didn’t set any passwords.

I tried to run Ubuntu from Windows (it should be registered in the bootloader), but it seems to fall off with an error about cd_path.
I tried some programs to reset the BIOS password - they don’t work (I tried both under the administrator and in compatibility mode).

I took it apart, but I didn’t find the batteries there) and it’s not a fact that it would help.

Tell me how to be? The password to the bios is not the main task, the main thing is to get to the installation of ubunta.

Answer 1

But what if you press F8 or F12 while loading the BIOS (that is, POST)? On some BIOSes, this will bring up a bootable media selection window.
In general, it would be necessary to indicate what kind of BIOS, at least - AWARD, AMI, or others.