In his line of work, Instructables user [Harrymatic] sees a lot of Toshiba laptops come across his desk, some of which are protected with a BIOS password ... short the CMOS reset pins or pull ...

But check out that five-digit number in the picture. That’s a checksum of the password. Some BIOS versions display it automatically, some require you to hold down a certain key during POST ...

Set BIOS password for added security. Enable Secure Boot for Windows 10/11. Make sure TPM is enabled for stronger protection.