Create Windows 7 Password Reset/Recovery Disk and Reset Forgotten Password
In Windows 7 system, people can create a password reset disk for free from Control Panel. When you add a new user account with password protection to Windows 7, it is necessary to create a password reset disk to prevent forgetting the password.
Create a common Windows 7 password reset disk with your current user account password.
- Log on Windows 7 with your user account which you would like to create a password reset disk for. Plug in a USB flash drive. Click “Start”, type “password reset disk” in search box. Select “create a password reset disk” from search result.
2. Forgotten Password Wizard appears, click “Next” to continue.
3. You USB flash drive will be shown in list, drop down the list and select it. Then click “Next”.
4. Make sure the disk is still in the drive and then type the current user account password. Click “Next”.
5. Wait while the wizard creates the disk, once the progress 100% complete, click “Next”.
6. You have successfully created a Windows 7 password reset disk for your current user account. Click “Finish” to close the wizard. Unplug your USB and keep it in a safe place.
Use Windows 7 password reset disk to reset forgotten user account password.
Once you forget Windows 7 password in future, you can use the password reset disk to easily reset your forgotten Windows 7 password in sign in screen. Note that you cannot use it to reset any other user account password.
- Once you enter a wrong password to sign in, the system will prompt you that the password is incorrect, click “OK”. A link for resetting password will be shown under password box. Insert your Windows 7 password reset disk and then click the link.
2. Password Reset Wizard appears, click “Next”.
3. Select your password reset disk from pull-down list and then click “Next” to continue.
4. Now you are able to choose a new password for your user account. Type a new password and confirm it, click “Next”.
5. You have successfully reset the password for you user account. Now click “Finish” to close the wizard and log on with the new password.
Note: A free password reset disk must be created before losing your user password. Or it will not work for you.
In fact, you can also create a universal Windows 7 password reset disk without current password. With help of this universal password reset disk, you can reset forgotten administrator password on any Windows system. Keep reading…
Use Windows Password Rescuer to create a Windows 7 password recovery disk on another computer.
- Install Windows Password Rescuer on another computer. Insert a USB flash drive and launch the software. It will show you two options to create a Windows password recovery disk: CD/DVD and USB device. Just choose “USB device”.
2. In next screen, select your connected USB flash drive and then click “Begin Burning” button.
3. Burning starts and it will take about one minute to complete burning. Once successfully complete burning, unplug the USB. Now you can use the USB Windows password recovery disk to reset forgotten Windows user account password on any of your locked computer.
Use the USB Windows password recovery disk to reset forgotten Windows 7 password on your locked computer.
1. Plug the USB disk into your locked computer. Turn on the computer and set it to boot from USB.
2. Once Windows Password Rescuer appears on the screen, click “Windows 7”.
3. Click your user account and then click “Reset Password” to reset the unknown password to blank.
4. Unplug the USB and then click “Reboot”. When a confirm message pops up, click “Yes”.
5. After restarting, you can log on the user account without password.
For more detailed, refer to: How to crack Windows 7 password. In addition, you can use this Windows password recovery USB disk to reset forgotten password for Windows 10/8/Vista/XP without affecting any of your files.