Deleted admin acct, Restore factory settings on Windows 7

HeatherV

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Hi,
I am trying to fix my nephew's computer. He somehow deleted the admin user acct. I have tried to operate in safe mode and 'run as administrator' on command prompts. Every time, I get the 'enter admin password' message but there is no box to enter password. Pretty much, everytime I try to do something on the computer, I get that message. I want to restore the computer to factory settings but even then, it gives me that message.

Please help!!
Thanks,
Heather
 

HeatherV

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Thanks. He either deleted it or changed it to a standard account. In any case, I can't access anything to change it back. What does 'format the HD' mean and how do I do that?
 

HeatherV

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Figured it out. Format the hard drive. :) I googled how to do it and when I click on Disk Management, it says I do not have the rights to access it. Sigh. Any other options?