What is a password reset disk, and how to use it?

Almost every computer user, when working on his device, uses a password from his account. In life happens differently, it often happens that this set of digits / letters is forgotten or lost. What to do in this situation? How to access your information without recourse to specialists? For this, there is a password reset disk. In this short article, we will try to understand its purpose and the way it is created.

In principle, it is true that if you decide to install protection on your computer, you must create a disk for its reset, hiding it in a safe place. The process of performing this task is very simple, any user can understand it, and this will be incomparably easier than trying to start your device, forgetting / losing the password to it.

The only absurdity only. When you start the manager to create such a disk, you will see the following text: password reset disk. Well, what are the floppy disks now? If you find such a miracle of antiquity, then insert it, more often than not, nowhere. But it's okay when you start to follow the instructions, it turns out that you can use both a disk and a flash drive as a tool. The easiest way is to take the last option, because every person always has several such things. In addition, you can also use the used one: your information will not be affected, and the amount of memory that will be required is just a few kilobytes.

Well, when creating a password reset disk, you need to remember several important nuances: first, you need to do this for each individual account; Secondly, the most recently created flash drive will work (if there are several of them); Third, changing the password in your account even a couple of times, you do not need to make a new disk, and the old one will work well too.

It's time to tell you how to create a password reset disk. Open "Start" and click on the photo of your account in the "User Accounts" section . Now we insert a USB flash drive into the computer and select the item "Creating a password reset disk" on the right. We will open the "Forgotten Password Wizard" window, where we click the "Next" button. In the next window, we select the USB flash drive we need, with which we will reset the password, if necessary. Enter your account password and click "Next" again. Now special computer software will begin the process of creating a flash drive. We are waiting and at the end click "Next" and "Done". Everything is fast and simple. Our password reset diskette is ready for use.

If interested, you can see what has changed in her memory. To do this, go to the external storage medium and you will be able to see that there appeared only one new file called userkey.psw. It turns out that this is what we need.

Well and now the most important thing, for the sake of what also all this cheese-bor was conceived. How do I reset my Windows password?

When you log in, you need to enter a password. You have forgotten it. Nothing, try to enter without entering a password. You will see the message "Reset password". Click on it, insert a magic flash drive and press "Next". A new window will pop up a proposal to create a new cipher. If you want to do this, enter it twice, and then - a hint. Do not have this desire anymore, just click "Next" again. All, the password is reset. Your device will be started, and you can use it again.