How many passwords do you have? It is not difficult to imagine that many of us have too many passwords to remember for different accounts. Passwords are widely used to protect private data security in modern times. For Windows 7 users, login password is usually needed. However, sometimes, they mix up different passwords or even forget their login password. I want to say, it is useful for Windows 7 users to learn about Windows 7 password recovery with password reset disk, which is regarded as the easiest and fastest way.
Create a password reset disk in Windows 7 for free
Windows 7 allows its users to create a password reset disk with an USB flash drive so that they can reset Windows 7 password with it when forget password. Thus, to create a password reset disk, you should prepare a blank USB flash drive. It doesn't need to be a big one, for the password reset disk is very small in size.
Step 1: Insert the USB flash drive to your Windows 7 PC.
Step 2: Go to Windows 7 Start Menu and type "create password reset disk" in the start menu search and then launch the page "Create a password reset disk" which will be highlighted in the search results.
Step 3: You will then come to the "Forgotten Password Wizard". Then follow the Wizard to choose the right USB drive and then create the password reset disk.
Use password reset disk to reset lost password
If you find you lost the login password in Windows 7 and you have created a Windows 7 password reset disk, you can take it easy, for you will be able to make a new password and then regain access to your locked Windows PC by the password reset disk easily.
Step 1: Insert your password reset disk into your locked Windows 7 computer. Click on "OK" ->"Reset password" after you see the message showing your password is wrong.
Step 2: You will then see the "Password Reset Wizard", follow the guiding steps one by one. You will be asked to enter a new password.
How to reset password with password reset disk when you don't have one?
In the case that you don't have a prepared password reset disk, the process can be much more complicated unless you make use of some password reset tools. If you find on the Internet, you will find a lot of third-party password reset tools, some of which are even for free, such as, John the Ripper. Normally, the operations of freeware are a little bit complex. However, some other software are not free, they can reset your password safely and efficiently via booting a password reset disk. And also, most of them are universal for Windows Server 2008 password recovery, so especially suitable for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 dual-system. Besides, if you are not familiar with Windows 7 operation skills and care about data loss in the locked PC, the latter seems a better choice.
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