Forgot Windows 7 admin password. Not a computer person, at all. Have followed online tutorials to no avail. Here is what I have done:
Ophcrack - returned string of letters/numbers. No password.
Windows Installation Disk - from command prompt, diskpart, list volumes, my hard drive does not show.
Hirens Boot CD - the password getter one, says 'Edit Complete', but nothing changes on reboot.
Hirens Boot CD - Min Win XP - hard drive does not show up.
Offline NT Password and Registry Editor - after pushing enter when "boot" shows up, does some stuff automatically and then hangs at 'Booting to kernel' and the cursor just flashes. I have also tried to enter all the other options they tell you to type after the word 'boot' and get the same results.
Ubuntu - Hard drive does not show up.
If you have any suggestions on how I can get one of the above programs to recognize my hard drive to retrieve/remove password that would be wonderful. All of the options above were downloaded in the last week, so they are all the latest editions of whatever is available.
Thoughts, suggestions?
Ophcrack - returned string of letters/numbers. No password.
Windows Installation Disk - from command prompt, diskpart, list volumes, my hard drive does not show.
Hirens Boot CD - the password getter one, says 'Edit Complete', but nothing changes on reboot.
Hirens Boot CD - Min Win XP - hard drive does not show up.
Offline NT Password and Registry Editor - after pushing enter when "boot" shows up, does some stuff automatically and then hangs at 'Booting to kernel' and the cursor just flashes. I have also tried to enter all the other options they tell you to type after the word 'boot' and get the same results.
Ubuntu - Hard drive does not show up.
If you have any suggestions on how I can get one of the above programs to recognize my hard drive to retrieve/remove password that would be wonderful. All of the options above were downloaded in the last week, so they are all the latest editions of whatever is available.
Thoughts, suggestions?
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