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How To Use Password Reset Disk In Windows 7

Last Updated on March 8, 2019 by admin 6 Comments

About a week ago, we showed you how to create a password reset disk in Windows 7. Password Reset Disk lets you create a new password when you have forgotten the current password.

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If are not aware of the password reset disk feature in Windows 7, follow our how to create a Windows 7 password reset disk to create one reset disk for your users account.

What if you don’t have a password reset disk?

A large number of Windows users aren’t aware of existence of password reset disk feature in Windows 7 or forget to create one after setting a strong password. Users who don’t have a password reset disk have a couple of options to reset the password. One can check out our how to bypass Windows 7 logon password, reset Windows 7/8 password without booting into Windows (the-easy-way), and one can also download the free password recovery software to quickly reset your forgotten Windows 7/Windows 8 password.

And if you have prepared a password reset disk for your account, resetting the password is fairly simple. Here is how you can use the password reset disk in Windows 7 to reset your password:

Using the password reset disk to reset Windows 7 password

Step 1: When you type a wrong password at the login screen, you will see “The username or password is incorrect” error.

incorrect password

Step 2: Click OK to see Reset password option.

reset password option in logon screen

Step 3: Insert your password reset disk and then click on the Reset password option to open Password Reset Wizard. Click next button to continue.

password reset wizard

Step 4: Select the password reset disk (that you used while creating the reset disk) from the drop down box. Click next to proceed to the next step.

 password reset wizard step 2

Step 5: Enter a new password and then type the password again to confirm.

password reset wizard step three

Step 6: Click the next button and then click the finish button to close the wizard.

Step 7: Now enter the new password  in password box in the login screen to login to your user account.

NOTE: The above procedure should work in Windows 8 as well.

Filed Under: Windows 7, Windows 7 Guides

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Comments

  1. Cranskyso says

    June 20, 2016 at 4:40 pm

    I am using UUkeys Windows Password Recovery and it is quite good to reset password on my Windows box.

  2. J Davison says

    October 27, 2015 at 5:44 pm

    This method didn’t work. I got successfully created a Password Reset Disk and saved it onto a memory stick but when I selected it in the password reset wizard and clicked ‘next’, it said that it wasn’t the Password Reset Disk

  3. Joseph Kayizzi says

    November 9, 2014 at 5:03 pm

    The process of creating a password rest disc and application is very user friendly but the wizard asked for a password hint, which I typed in but it brought an Error message. What does this mean? I typed in some script as the hint but the error message continued.

  4. tokyo says

    March 22, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    If you didn’t created a password reset disk and now forgot windows 7 password, you have to follow the below method:
    Now, I will introduce my solution which i have used to reset my lost windows password before,
    Google search: SmartKey Windows password recovery
    a professional password recovery tool here is designed for resetting local administrator and user passwords on any Windows system.hope it helps:
    Get started with the download – 3 simple steps:
    Step 1 – Download windows password recovery utility and install it.
    Step 2 -Burn your Windows Password Reset CD:
    To burn your CD, you’ll need a blank CD-R and the .ISO file of Windows Password Reset.
    Step 3 – Put in your newly created CD and remove your Windows password.

  5. Lloyd says

    March 14, 2011 at 8:18 pm

    When I was going to change the password it said something about an error occured for this user?

  6. tom says

    November 19, 2010 at 4:32 am

    IT DOESN”T SAY THAT

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