{"id":413,"date":"2013-08-22T06:59:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T06:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=413"},"modified":"2023-04-18T03:55:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T03:55:53","slug":"how-to-create-recovery-disc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-create-recovery-disc\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Recovery Disc for Windows Forgotten Admin Password Reset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recovery disc may be the best choice for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/recovery-disc-for-windows-7-admin-password-reset\/\"><strong>Windows forgotten admin password reset <\/strong><\/a>besides another admin account. Two kinds of recovery disc, <strong>password reset disk and system recovery disc<\/strong>, had better be created before Windows admin password forgotten. But it doesn\u2019t mean that, you couldn\u2019t <strong>create recovery disc<\/strong> after you are locked out of computer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#opt1\">How to create password reset disk?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#opt2\">How to create system recovery disc?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"opt1\">How to Create Password Reset Disk?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Case 1:<\/strong> Before your computer is locked, create password reset disk through Control Panel. Take Windows 7 as an example.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Click <strong>Start<\/strong> and choose Control Panel, User Accounts and Family Safety and User Account. On the left pane of the window, Create a password reset disk is listed there. Insert a floppy disk or USB flash drive into your computer and click it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/choose-create-password-reset-disk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"301\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/choose-create-password-reset-disk.png\" alt=\"choose-create-password-reset-disk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/choose-create-password-reset-disk.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/choose-create-password-reset-disk-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> When you see &#8220;Welcome to the Forgotten Password Wizard&#8221;, click Next to go on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/forgotten-password-wizard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"447\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/forgotten-password-wizard.png\" alt=\"forgotten-password-wizard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/forgotten-password-wizard.png 513w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/forgotten-password-wizard-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Choose USB or other drive you have inserted into computer and click Next.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/choose-password-key-drive.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"447\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/choose-password-key-drive.png\" alt=\"choose-password-key-drive\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/choose-password-key-drive.png 513w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/choose-password-key-drive-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Type Current user account password and click Next.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/type-current-user-account-password.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"447\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/type-current-user-account-password.png\" alt=\"type-current-user-account-password\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/type-current-user-account-password.png 513w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/type-current-user-account-password-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong> You are looking at password reset disk creation process. Click Next and Finish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/password-reset-disk-creating.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"447\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/password-reset-disk-creating.png\" alt=\"password-reset-disk-creating\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/password-reset-disk-creating.png 513w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/password-reset-disk-creating-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Create password reset disk on Windows 8<\/strong> is similar to on Windows 7. Just the Step 1 is different.<\/p>\n<p>Press Windows + R and type command &#8220;control.exe\/name Microsoft.UserAccounts&#8221; and press Enter. Or Move mouse to the top-right side of the window, click <strong>Settings &gt;\u00a0Control Panel<\/strong>. Change view way from <strong>Category<\/strong> to <strong>Large icons<\/strong> or <strong>Small icons<\/strong>. You will find <strong>User Accounts<\/strong> lists in the screen. Choose it and you will see the entrance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-password\/two-ways-to-create-a-windows-password-reset-disk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>create a password reset disk<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/change-control-panel-view-way.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" class=\"size-full wp-image-420 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/change-control-panel-view-way.png\" alt=\"change control panel view way\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/change-control-panel-view-way.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/change-control-panel-view-way-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> Image 1: change control panel view way[\/caption]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/control-panel-in-small-icons.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"430\" class=\"size-full wp-image-421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/control-panel-in-small-icons.png\" alt=\"Image 2: view control panel in small icons\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/control-panel-in-small-icons.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/control-panel-in-small-icons-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> Image 2: view control panel in small icons[\/caption]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/entrance-to-create-windows-8-password-reset-disk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" class=\"size-full wp-image-422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/entrance-to-create-windows-8-password-reset-disk.png\" alt=\"Image 3: entrance to create password reset disk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/entrance-to-create-windows-8-password-reset-disk.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/entrance-to-create-windows-8-password-reset-disk-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> Image 3: entrance to create password reset disk[\/caption]<\/p>\n<p><strong> Case 2:<\/strong> After you are locked out of Windows computer, how to create a password reset disk?<\/p>\n<p>Take <a title=\"windows password genius\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-password-genius.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Windows Password Genius<\/strong><\/a> as example to create password reset disk.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download and install it on another available computer.<\/li>\n<li>Look for a bootable USB device for preparation. Insert it into the computer and run Windows Password Genius.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/choose-media-type.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/choose-media-type.png\" alt=\"choose-media-type\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/choose-media-type.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/choose-media-type-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select the USB device you just insert into and click <strong>Begin burning<\/strong> to burn a password reset disk into USB.<br \/>\nWhen you see &#8220;Burning Successfully&#8221;, exit USB to finish password reset disk creation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/usb-burning-successfully1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/usb-burning-successfully1.png\" alt=\"usb-burning-successfully\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/usb-burning-successfully1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/usb-burning-successfully1-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Note: CD or DVD can be used instead of USB to be burning disk.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"opt2\">How to Create System Recovery Disc?<\/h2>\n<p>When you are unable to access Windows and don\u2019t have a Windows installation disc, follow the introduction below to create a system recovery disc, also called <strong>system repair disc<\/strong>, to help Windows installation. At the same time, it will reset Windows accounts and password. But it needs another computer with same Windows OS to help to create a system recovery disc. For example, 64-bit System Repair Disc can only be created on a 64-bit Windows 7.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open the Start Menu, then type <b>recdisc.exe <\/b>in the search box and press <b>Enter<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Insert a blank unformatted <b>CD or DVD<\/b> into your CD\/DVD drive and click on the <b>Create disc<\/b> button.<br \/>\n<b>NOTE:<\/b> <i>If you are prompted to insert a Windows installation disc, it means that the files needed to create the system repair disc cannot be found on your computer. Insert a Windows 7 installation disc<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> It will now start creating the System Repair Disc.<br \/>\n<b>NOTE:<\/b> <i>If a <b>AutoPlay<\/b> window pops up, just close it.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>4.<\/b> When it&#8217;s finished, click on the <b>Close<\/b> button.<\/p>\n<p><b>5.<\/b> Click on <b>OK<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>6.<\/b> Remove and label your new Windows 7 System Repair Disc from the CD\/DVD drive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-password\/create-a-bootable-usb-for-windows-password-reset.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Create a Bootable USB for Windows Password Reset: 5 Steps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10\/3-options-to-create-a-windows-10-recovery-disk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 Options to Create a Windows 10 Recovery Disk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-password\/two-ways-to-create-a-windows-password-reset-disk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2 Ways to Create a Windows Password Reset Disk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recovery disc may be the best choice for Windows forgotten admin password reset besides another admin account. 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