In that case, you can create a bootable USB flash dive to reset Windows password. Here shows you how to create a bootable USB flash drive to reset a forgotten or unknown Windows password.
How to create a bootable USB drive?
To create a bootable USB flash drive to reset Windows password, you need to find a third-party - Windows password recovery tool. Here it is highly recommended you Windows Password Unlocker, safe and reliable Windows password recovery software to reset Windows password in a few minutes.
- Step 1. Download and install Window Password Unlocker Professional
- Step 2. Run it and insert a USB flash drive in computer.
- Step 3. Select your target USB drive and click the Burn button to start burning an ISO image file to the USB drive.
- Step 4. Click Yes to confirm and continue your operation.
- Step 5. Click Ok when the burning task is completed.
- Step 6. Remove the USB flash drive from computer.
How to reset Windows password with bootable USB drive?
After that, you can use the burned USB flash drive to reset Windows password like this, just follow these steps:- Step 1. Insert the bootable USB drive to the locked computer
- Step 2. Set the computer to boot from the USB flash drive.
- Step 3. Select your target user account in the user names list and click Reset button to start Windows password recovery.
- Step 4. Click OK when the lost password is successfully reset. The computer will restart automatically. Please remove the USB flash drive from computer during rebooting.
- Step 5. Log on to computer without password.
For security and convenience, it is better for you create a password reset disk when creating a Windows password. It only takes you no more than 1 minute.
- 1. Click Start and select Control Panel.
- 2. Click User Accounts and Family Safety and then click User Accounts.
- 3. Click Create a password reset disk on the left-pane.
- 4. The forgotten password wizard will come up. Insert a USB flash drive in computer and then click Next to follow the wizard to create the password reset disk.