A Windows 7 password reset disk is really important especially when you ever forgot your account password. With it, you can easily perform Windows 7 password recovery and get access to your PC. For security and convenience, you’d better be proactive to create a password reset disk. If you have created a Windows 7 password reset disk, forgetting your password is no longer a crisis.

Method 1: Guide for you on How to create one before you forgot Windows 7 password:

Note: Before you proceed, make sure have some kind of portable media to create a password reset disk on. This means that you will need a flash drive or a floppy disk drive and blank floppy disk. You cannot be able to create a Windows 7 password reset disk on a CD, DVD, or external hard drive with this feature. Follow the instructions below:

  1. Click on Start to enter Control Panel in Windows 7.
  2. Click on the User Accounts and Family Safety link in the Control Panel Window.
  3. Click on the User Accounts link.
  4. Click the Create a password reset disk link in the left pane.
  5. Click Next when the Forgotten Password Wizard window appears
  6. In I want to create a password key disk in the following drive: drop down box, choose the portable media drive to create a Windows 7 password reset disk on. Then Click Next to continue.
  7. Enter your current account password in the text box and click Next.

Now, Windows 7 will create the password reset disk on the chosen media on its own. When finishing creating, you just click Next and then click Finish in the next window and remove the flash drive or floppy disk from your computer. Keep it in a sage place.

Unfortunately, if you’ve forgotten Windows 7 password and can’t get in to Windows, you won’t be able to create a password reset disk with the Win7 features at all. At this time, you have to reset Windows 7 password with

Method 2: To create a password reset disk with Windows password recovery tools

There are a lot of third party tools which could help you to create Windows password reset disk online after you forgot your Windows 7 password. By using this method, you could create the password reset disk at any time without knowing the password. And you can use the blank CD/DVD as well as a USB flash Drive to create the disk. It’s very convenient. The process is as follows:

  1. Download Windows Login Recovery and install it on an available computer.
  2. Insert a blank CD/DVD or USB flash drive, run the software and use it to create a password reset disk by following the Windows Login Recovery User Guide.

This is quite simple and easy to operate. Since there are two methods to create a password reset disk for both unlocked and locked computer, you can never worry about forgetting Windows 7 password any more. Just relax and enjoy your PC surfing.