{"id":3659,"date":"2014-07-30T09:59:13","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T09:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=3659"},"modified":"2014-07-30T10:03:57","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T10:03:57","slug":"forgot-system-restore-startup-repair-password-in-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/forgot-system-restore-startup-repair-password-in-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgot System Restore \/ Startup Repair Password in Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Need to repair or restore Windows 7 to a previous state but you can&#8217;t login with System Recovery Options? The System Recovery Options menu is a collection of repair and diagnostic tools for Windows like Startup Repair, System Restore, and more. It can be accessed by pressing and holding the F8 key when starting a computer. Once the Advanced Boot Options screen appears, highlight &#8220;Repair your computer&#8221; and press Enter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/advanced-boot-options.png\" alt=\"advanced-boot-options\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3669\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a while, the System Recovery Options window will show up which prompts you to select the keyboard input method that you prefer, and subsequently asks you to log on as a local administrator account before running the Startup Repair or System Restore tool. But you&#8217;ll be stuck at the logon screen if you couldn&#8217;t remember the administrator password.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/system-recovery-password.jpg\" alt=\"system-recovery-password\" width=\"500\" height=\"249\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3670\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just take it easy! Simply boot your computer from PCUnlocker Live CD and it enables you to remove forgotten Startup Repair password quickly. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/reset-windows-password.html\" style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">PCUnlocker<\/a> utility exists as a bootable ISO image, which needs to be burned to a blank CD or placed on a bootable USB drive. It could be used to reset lost administrator password on Windows 8, 7, Vista and XP.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve created a PCUnlocker Live CD, put it in the CD drive of the Windows 7 computer that you&#8217;re trying to reset the password for. Power on the computer and make the CD-ROM to boot first in the BIOS. If all goes well, you should be booting into a mini Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE). PCUnlocker is launched automatically after the system has booted, and it searches your Windows installation and displays a list of local accounts stored in your SAM database.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/images\/pcunlocker_big.png\" width=\"545\" height=\"489\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Choose your administrator account and click on &#8220;Reset Password&#8221; button. The program will remove your forgotten password and tweak the account&#8217;s properties so you can later login without a password. Take out the Live CD and reboot your computer. Repeatedly press F8 key to access the Advanced Boot Options screen again,  and you can then log on with a blank password and continue to perform a Startup Repair or System Restore. Done!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need to repair or restore Windows 7 to a previous state but you can&#8217;t login with System Recovery Options? The System Recovery Options menu is a collection of repair and diagnostic tools for Windows like Startup Repair, System Restore, and more. 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