FAQS for Windows Password Reset Disk

FAQ: What Is a Password Reset Disk Windows 10/8/7?

The first thing you will want to know is exactly what a password reset disk is. As you can guess by its name, a password reset disk is a disk that allows you to reset your password. It is created before you forgot your password, and when you are in a situation where you cannot recall your password, you can use this disk and have your user account password reset on your computer.

A password reset disk works on most Windows versions including the recent Windows 10, 8, and 7.

FAQ: Can I Create a Password Reset Disk after Forgetting Windows Password?

Windows Only offers you the option to create a password reset disk when you still can login to that account.If you've already forgotten your Windows password and don't have a password reset disk, you can use a third-party software called Windows Password Recovery Tool that lets you create a reset disk on any computer and use it to reset your forgotten Windows password.

If you are curious and want to know how it works, the following shows how the software works.

Step 1. Download and install the software on any computer you can accesss. Plug-in a USB flash drive into your computer, Choose the USB Flash Drive option, select your drive from the dropdown menu, and click on Burn.

Step 2. It will warn you that your drive will be formatted. Click on Yes to continue.

Step 3. The program will format USB drive and extract ISO files to USB drive. Wait while it turns your USB flash drive into a password reset disk.

You can use the newly created password reset disk on any of your computers to reset your passwords.

FAQ: Can I Use the password Reset Disk for Account A to Reset the Password for Account B?

There is an important thing you should know before you proceed to create a password reset disk. If you know what is a reset disk for administrator password, you likely know that the disk you create only works for the particular it was created for. If you created a disk, say for the account named John, you cannot use it to recover the password for another account named Alex, and so on.

You will need to create a password reset disk for each unique account on your computer. A single disk only works for a single account.

FAQ: Why I Get the Password Reset Error "an error occurred while the wizard was attempting to set the password for this user account"?

A Password reset disk will only work if it is the latest one that has been made, on the same computer within the same OS installation, and within the same user account in which you are now trying to use it.

It will give you that error message if it is not the latest one, if it has been made by a different user account, if it was made within a different OS installation or if it has been made on another computer.

FAQ: Do I Need to Re-created the Password Reset Disk after Changing the Password

Your previously-created password reset disk will continue to work. You don't have to re-create the disk every time you change your user password.

FAQ: Why I Do not See the "Create a password reset disk" Link Missing

If the "Create a password reset disk" link missing on your computer, it may be due to you are logged-in with a Microsoft account on your PC. You must be logged-in to a local account on your computer to create a reset disk.

FAQ: "Create a password reset disk" Not Working

The reason why the link does not work is because the utility that helps you create a reset disk is stuck at a point. In that case, the best thing you can do is to completely close the utility on your machine and then relaunch it.

Summary

If you any question about password reset disk, the above guide should help you. Remember to create a password reset disk for your account in case that you forgot your Windows Password. And Windows Password Recovery Tool is highly recommended if you are looking for a way to create password reset disk after forgetting password.