{"id":5293,"date":"2017-09-20T06:23:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T06:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=5293"},"modified":"2023-04-12T09:10:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T09:10:06","slug":"create-password-reset-disk-for-local-account-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/create-password-reset-disk-for-local-account-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a Password Reset Disk for a Local Account in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once you have forgot login password, you can reset or restore the password by password reset disk. In general, you can <strong>create a password reset disk for local account<\/strong> with Windows 10 built-in feature or third-party tool.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#case1\">Case 1: Using Windows 10 built-in feature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#case2\">Case 2: Utilize third-party tool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"case1\">How to Create a Password Reset Disk for a Local Account with Windows 10 Built-in Feature<\/h2>\n<p>While you want to reset Windows 10 local account password with reset disk for free after password forgot, a password reset disk should be created for it in Window 10 previously.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Sign in Win 10 with a local account that you want to create password reset disk for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Plug a USB flash drive into your Windows 10 PC.<\/p>\n<p>It is still recommended to back up data on USB flash drive at first even though it can be not formatted while creating a password reset disk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Find the &#8220;Create a password reset disk&#8221; option or link in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10\/7-ways-to-open-control-panel-in-windows-10.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Control Panel in Windows 10<\/a> and go to User Accounts &gt; User Accounts. Then you will find the link &#8220;<strong>Create a password reset disk<\/strong>&#8221; on the left panel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/find-option-create-a-password-reset-disk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"289\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5303 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/find-option-create-a-password-reset-disk.png\" alt=\"find option create a password reset disk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/find-option-create-a-password-reset-disk.png 650w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/find-option-create-a-password-reset-disk-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Click the link to open <strong>Forgotten Password Wizard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/open-forgotten-password-wizard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"441\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5304 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/open-forgotten-password-wizard.png\" alt=\"open wizard to create a password reset disk in windows 10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/open-forgotten-password-wizard.png 499w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/open-forgotten-password-wizard-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If it works, Forgotten Password Wizard will be opened instantly.<\/li>\n<li>If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10-password\/cannot-create-a-password-reset-disk-windows-10.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the link &#8220;Create a password reset disk&#8221; not working<\/a>, you would have to resolve it first and could continue to create a password reset disk in Windows 10.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong> Click <strong>Next<\/strong> on <strong>Forgotten Password Wizard<\/strong> and choose USB flash drive. Select Next.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/choose-usb-flash-drive.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"441\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/choose-usb-flash-drive.png\" alt=\"choose USB flash drive\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/choose-usb-flash-drive.png 499w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/choose-usb-flash-drive-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6:<\/strong> Type current user password and select <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/type-current-local-account-password.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"441\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/type-current-local-account-password.png\" alt=\"type current local account password\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/type-current-local-account-password.png 499w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/type-current-local-account-password-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 7:<\/strong> When Wizard is done, click Next and\u00a0<strong>Finish<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/successfully-create-password-reset-disk-for-local-account.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"441\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/successfully-create-password-reset-disk-for-local-account.png\" alt=\"successfully create password reset disk for local account\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/successfully-create-password-reset-disk-for-local-account.png 499w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/successfully-create-password-reset-disk-for-local-account-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"441\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11583 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/complete-forgotten-password-wizard.png\" alt=\"complete forgotten password wizard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/complete-forgotten-password-wizard.png 499w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/complete-forgotten-password-wizard-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Remove the USB flash drive and keep it in a safe place where you can remember it. Then when you need to change your password, just get it and don\u2019t have to create a password reset disk at that time. This is the whole process of creating a password reset disk for only local account in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"case2\">How to Create a Password Reset Disk for a Local Account Windows 10 with Third-Party Tool<\/h2>\n<p>When you find you have not created a password reset disk previously or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/windows-10-password-reset-disk-not-working\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows 10 password reset disk not working,<\/a>\u00a0the method above won&#8217;t work at all. At that moment,\u00a0you may need such a disk to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10-password\/how-to-reset-windows-10-forgotten-password.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reset Microsoft account password\u00a0for Windows 10<\/a> while password forgotten. Please take <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10-password-genius.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iSunshare Windows 10 Password Genius<\/a><\/strong> to create a new one on another computer.\u00a0Such a disk will work for\u00a0all local and Microsoft account in your Windows 10 computer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/make-password-reset-disk-with-third-party-tool.jpg\" alt=\"make password reset disk with third party tool\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/make-password-reset-disk-with-third-party-tool.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/make-password-reset-disk-with-third-party-tool-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once such password reset disk is created, just start or restart your computer and set it boot from your reset disk. Plug the Windows password reset disk to the locked computer and follow the wizard below to get access to it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"516\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/reset-windows-login-password.jpg\" alt=\"reset windows login password\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/reset-windows-login-password.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/reset-windows-login-password-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10-password\/cannot-create-a-password-reset-disk-windows-10.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fix Error: Can&#8217;t Create Password Reset Disk in Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10-password\/create-a-windows-10-password-reset-disk-on-another-computer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Create a Windows 10 Password Reset Disk on Another Computer<\/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-10-password\/reset-windows-10-local-admin-password-without-usb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reset Windows 10 Local Admin Password without Disk or USB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-7-password\/how-to-reset-windows-7-password-without-reset-disk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Reset Windows 7 Password without Reset Disk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once you have forgot login password, you can reset or restore the password by password reset disk. 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