[Top 6 Methods] What Can I Do When I Forgot HP Laptop Password

I forgot my HP laptop password

At the first time you get your HP laptop, you may set a password to ensure your PC security. Generally, the password can prevent your HP laptop from leaking data. However, once you forget HP laptop password, it can be troublesome to reset the PC password.

In what follows, some methods will be displayed to reset the HP laptop password forgotten. You can see the details in the following parts.

How to reset the forgotten HP laptop password

All of the methods below can be used to reset the missing HP laptop, read on, then choose the suitable methods to get a new password and get into your PC.

▶ Method 1. Answer the security question

When you create a Windows password, you would be asked to set some security questions. So if you are refused in the logging interface with the wrong password, you can try to answer these questions.

Step 1. When you input the false password, you’ll see the following interface, click “Reset Password”.

Step 2. In the new interface, you’ll be asked to answer the security question. If you can answer these questions, you can reset the password.

 ▶ Method 2. Reset the password via Microsoft Account Recovery

The Microsoft Account Recovery is a tool created by Microsoft, when you don’t know how to find out the PC password, you can try to reset it with this software.

Step 1. Open the Microsoft password reset page, type the email address, phone number or the Skype name, then click “Next”.

Step 2. An identification window will pop out, follow the guide to operate.

Step 3. Then reset the forgotten password, click “Next”.

 ▶ Method 3. Use the HP Recovery Manager

HP Recovery Manager is a built-in tool in HP PC, it can reset the system drive and reinstall the OS. To solve the “forgot my password for hp laptop” problem, you can use the HP Recovery Manager. All of the current data will be deleted, including the forgotten password.

Step 1. Restart the HP laptop, when you see the logging-in interface, press “Shift” and hit “Restart”.

Step 2. Then click “Troubleshoot” and “Recovery Manager” in order. When the tool is turned on, select the “System Recovery” option.

Step 3. Click “Back up your Files first (recommended)” and click “Next”. Select the target file types and then select the storage device, then hit “Next”. The data may be stored in the other drives, if there’s not enough space, you need to prepare an external hard drive.

Step 4. After the data backing up, click “Continue” to continue the system recovery operation. When the task is finished, you can restart the laptop and get into it.

▶ Method 4. Directly reset the PC

Factory resetting the PC will remove everything from it, so when you meet the “forgot my HP laptop password” issue, you can try this method.

Step 1. Press “Windows + I” together to open the Windows settings, click “System”, “Recovery” and “Reset PC” in turn.

Step 2. There are two options: “Keep my files” or “Remove everything”, choose “Remove everything”.

Step 3. Follow the instruction carefully to reset the PC, it may cost about 2 hours.

 ▶ Method 5. Reset the password with password reset disk

Before losing the password, if you have created a password reset disk, you can easily reset the forgotten password.

Step 1. Insert the prepared password reset disk, then click “Reset password” in the logging-in interface.

Step 2. Read the “Password Reset Wizard” carefully, then click “Next”.

Step 3. Then the wizard will prompt you to insert the password reset disk, then choose the disk and click “Next”.

Step 4. Then you can input a new password and new password hint, click “Next” to continue.

Step 5. When you see “Completing the Password Reset Wizard”, the password resetting process is finished, click “Finish”.

If you forgot HP laptop password and there is no password reset disk, you can try the much more practical AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, which is suitable for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP.

Even if you didn’t prepare the password reset disk in advance, you can reset the password. Its “Reset Password” function will create a password reset USB. Besides, the USB can be more convenient than the password reset disk, because it can be used on any PC with the same OS.

Step 1. Connect a USB with another PC, then download and run this software, click "Tools" and “Reset Windows Password”.

Step 2. A window will prompt you about creating a bootable USB, click “Next”.

Step 3. Choose one USB boot device and click “Proceed”. Because all data on the USB will be formatted, so please back them up before this task.

Step 4. Read the paragraph in the popped window and click “Yes”.

Step 5. Wait for a while, it is creating the password reset USB, then click “Finish”.

Step 6. Take out the USB, then insert it into the HP laptop, restart it. You need to change the boot drive, boot the PC from the created USB, then choose the OS and click “Next”.

Step 7. All accounts on the PC will be listed, select one and tick “Remove Account Password” or “Reset Account Password”, click “Next”.

Step 8. Choose“Reset Account Password”, then set the new password and then click “Yes”.  

Tips:
✍ There’re other powerful functions for you to manage your PC, such as Allocate Free Space, Disk Clone Wizard, App Mover, Migrate OS to SSD, and so on.
✍ When your system is Windows Server, you can turn to the Server Version for the best services.

▶ Method 6. Ask help from the local HP store

When you meet some problems and you don’t know how to deal with it, you can contact the local HP store. After showing your purchasing record and the ownership, it can provide you with technical support.

Final word

What can you do when you forgot HP laptop password? To help you get into the HP laptop, we shared 6 methods, including answering security questions, running Microsoft Account Recovery, creating a password reset USB, etc. Please choose the method base on your condition.