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It's hard enough that we can lose or forget our passwordEven when the truth, with all those stories that we have today, it may happen that one day our forgetful mind does not remember it.

How forgetting a password can lead to be quite frustratingFortunately in Windows 10 we have the opportunity to recover the password with a very useful tool that we can keep in our bedside drawer for these cases of forgetful minds.

I should mention that a password reset disk It only works with a local account on your computer, so you won't be able to use it for a Microsoft account. And basically, a password reset disk is a file that is created on a USB disk or an SD card that, when connected to your Windows computer, will allow you to reset the password from the lock screen.

How to create a password reset disk in Windows 10


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  • Click on "Create a password reset disk"

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  • Click Next"
  • From the pop-up menu you should choose usb disk Where do you want the password recovery disk to be created?


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  • Now write the local account password from your computer, the one you use many times to access your computer

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  • Click Next"
  • Again in "next" once the progress meets 100%
  • We are finished and we will have the disk ready to change the password once we have lost or forgotten it

Now when you use the USB, on the login screen you have to click "Reset your password" and follow all the steps.