How to Create and Use Windows 7 Password Reset Disk?

Windows 7 has a built-in function that allows its users to create a password reset disk with an USB flash drive. If you forget your Windows 7 password, you can reset the forgotten password with the disk. Now we show you how to create and use a Windows 7 password reset disk.

Note: You can only create the disk when you remember the password. If you have lost your Windows 7 password, you cannot create such a disk. Then you will need the help of Windows password recovery tool such as Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery.

Part 1: Create a Windows 7 password reset disk

Step 1. Open User Accounts by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking User Accounts and Family Safety, and then clicking User Accounts.

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Step 2. In the left pane, click Create a password reset disk.

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Step 3. You will come to the Forgotten Password Wizard. Click Next to continue.

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Step 4. Insert the USB flash drive into your computer, select it and click Next.

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Step 5. Input your current password and then click the Next button.

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Step 6. Click Next, and then click Finish to exit.

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You have successfully created a Windows 7 password reset disk. If you forget your Windows 7 password, you can use the disk to reset the forgotten password.

Part 2: Reset the forgotten Windows 7 password

Step 1. Enter a wrong password when you attempt to log on Windows. It will display a message that the password is incorrect. Click OK to close the message.

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Step 2. Click Reset password, and then insert the password reset disk into your computer.

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Step 3. You will come to the Password Reset Wizard. Click Next to continue.

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Step 4. Select your passowrd reset disk and then click Next.

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Step 5. Type a new password, comfirm the new passowrd, and then click Next.

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Step 6. You have successfully reset the password. Click Finish to exit.

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Now you can log on Windows 7 with the new passowrd. It is very easy for you, right? If you forget your password again, you can use the same Windows 7 password reset disk. You don't need to make a new one.