{"id":2491,"date":"2013-06-12T04:42:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T04:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=2491"},"modified":"2013-06-12T04:42:05","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T04:42:05","slug":"how-to-reset-lost-windows-8-password-for-uefi-based-samsung-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-reset-lost-windows-8-password-for-uefi-based-samsung-laptop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset Lost Windows 8 Password for UEFI-based Samsung Laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Locked out of your Samsung laptop because you&#8217;ve forgotten Windows 8 password? How to reset lost administrator password on your UEFI-based Samsung laptop? If you&#8217;ve bought a Samsung laptop with Windows 8 pre-installed, you may find out there is no option to boot from a CD\/USB drive. That is because the traditional PC BIOS has been replaced with UEFI, which is no long compatible with your boot CD\/USB. So how to unlock a Windows 8 Samsung laptop using a password reset boot CD? In this tutorial we&#8217;ll walk you through how to reset lost Windows 8 password on UEFI-based Samsung laptop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Reset Lost Windows 8 Password for UEFI-based Samsung Laptop?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t have a password reset boot CD\/USB drive, you can create one easily. Simply download the self-extracting archive of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/reset-windows-password.html\" style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Reset Windows Password<\/a> utility on your computer. Unzip the download file which contains a bootable CD image. Burn the ISO image to a blank CD or USB drive using ISO2Disc, BurnCDCC or ImgBurn program.<\/li>\n<li>Connect the boot CD\/USB drive to your UEFI-based Samsung laptop. Upon powering on the laptop, press F2 to enter into BIOS. Navigate to the <strong>Advanced<\/strong> tab, disable the <strong>Fast BIOS Mode<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/samsung-bios-mode.jpg\" alt=\"samsung-bios-mode\" width=\"528\" height=\"322\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2494\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Switch to the <strong>Boot<\/strong> tab, and then disable the <strong>UEFI Boot Support<\/strong>. Press F10 to save your changes and exit.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/samsung-uefi-boot.jpg\" alt=\"samsung-uefi-boot\" width=\"528\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2495\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Turn on or restart your Samsung laptop. Press F10 when you see the Samsung logo. Now you&#8217;ll see the boot CD\/USB drive shown in the list of Boot Menu. Highlight your CD\/USB drive with the cursor keys and press Enter. The computer should now boot from the CD\/USB drive.<\/li>\n<li>After a while, the system will launch the Reset Windows Password program, which displays a list of Windows 8 user accounts on your Samsung laptop.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/images\/windows_pwd_small.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Choose a user account and click on Reset Password button. The program will quickly remove your forgotten Windows 8 login password and unlock your user account if it is disabled, locked out or expired.<\/li>\n<li>Restart your Samsung laptop and remove the boot CD\/USB drive. When the computer is powered on again, press F2 to enter into BIOS and then enable the <strong>UEFI Boot Support<\/strong> option. When you boot to the Windows 8 login screen, you can successfully log back into your user account using a blank\/empty password.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Locked out of your Samsung laptop because you&#8217;ve forgotten Windows 8 password? How to reset lost administrator password on your UEFI-based Samsung laptop? If you&#8217;ve bought a Samsung laptop with Windows 8 pre-installed, you may find out there is no option to boot from a CD\/USB drive. 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