Dell Password Reset Disk- How to Create And Use It

I need a Dell password reset disk

A password reset disk is a disk created before losing the password, in case you forget the password. It will reset the forgotten password, then you can easily unlock the PC with a new password. If your PC installed Windows OS, no matter what the brand of your PC is (Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, HP, etc.), you can create and use it.

How to create this disk and perform Dell computer password recovery with it? In the next part, you can learn the steps to do it.

How to create a Dell password reset disk

If you want to prevent the problem of being refused to unlock the Dell PC, you can pre-create a password reset disk. Once you lose the PC password, you can reset it as soon as possible. Here, you can see how to create this disk.

Notes:
♣ The password reset disk should be made before losing the password.
♣ You can create different password reset disks with different accounts on your Dell PC.
♣ The created Dell password reset disk can only be used for the current PC.
♣ The created disk needed to be protected better, because once it is damaged, it cannot work on resetting the password.

Step 1. Insert the prepared USB into the Dell PC, make sure it can be detected by the PC. 

Step 2. Click “Start” to open the search bar, type “create password reset disk” and press “Enter” to open this function.

Step 3. When the “Forgot Password wizard” opened, click “Next” to continue the next operation.

Step 4. Select the prepared USB as the key disk, then click “Next”.

Step 5. Type the current password and select “Next”. 

Step 6. When the progress shows 100%, click “Next”.

How can you reset password with Dell password reset disk

When you forget the Dell PC password, you can use the created Dell password reset disk to reset the lost Dell PC password. The detailed steps are as follows.

Step 1. Insert the Dell password reset USB, click “Reset password” in the login interface.

Step 2. The Password Reset Wizard will appear, click “Next”.

Step 3. In the new window, select the prepared Dell password reset disk, click “Next”.

Step 4. Type the new password and the new password hint, click “Next”.

Step 5. When you see the “Completing the Password Reset Wizard” prompt, click “Finish”. Then you can unlock the Dell PC with the new set password.

How to reset Dell laptop password without disk?

When you lose the Dell laptop password without the Dell password reset disk, how can you open the PC? Here, I highly recommend AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional for you. This a practical password reset tool on Windows 11/10/8/7/XP/Vista.

Even when you lose the PC password, you can use it to create a bootable USB, then reset the forgotten password. More surprisingly, the created disk can be used on other brands of PC without fewer limitations.

What’s more, this multi-functional utility can also help you to move applications from one partition to another, convert to NTFS or FAT32, allocate free space, etc.

Let’s see how to reset password on dell computer without disk.

Step 1. Insert the prepared USB into a working PC, download and run this functional tool, then click “Tools” and “Reset Windows Password” at the same time.

Step 2. You can see a small window popped out, click “Next”.

Step 3. Choose “General USB Flash Disk” and click “Proceed”, then the target USB will be formatted.

Step 4. Read the popped warning carefully, then click “Yes”.

Step 5. The password reset USB is being made, click “Finish” when it is created.

Step 6. Take out the created bootable USB and insert it into the locked Dell laptop, then restart it. Change the boot drive and boot the Dell PC from the USB, select the Windows system and click “Next”.

Step 7. All accounts on the PC will be listed in the interface, click the target account, tick “Reset Account Password”, click “Next” to perform this operation.

Step 8. In the small window, type the new password and click “Yes”.

Note: If the Windows Server PC password is lost, you can turn to the Server Edition to reset the password.

Conclusion

In this post, we not only shew you the process to create and use Dell password reset disk in detail, but also shared a better choice when the password reset disk becomes ineffective. Please try these two methods to reset your Dell PC password!