[Three Situations] How to Reset Password on HP Laptop in Windows 7 Without Disk

What is HP laptop password?

HP is one of the most popular laptop manufacturers in the world. For some new users of HP laptops, they tend to set the password to prevent strangers’ intrusion. After the creation of HP laptop password, no one can get into the laptop without password.

For different reasons, some users decide to change the HP laptop password. Some of them just want to change to another easy password. Besides, some people forgot HP laptop password, so they cannot unlock it and perform anything. If you don’t have a password reset disk, how to reset password on HP laptop in Windows 7 without disk? In this post, you can get some solutions in three conditions.

How do I reset my password on my HP laptop in Windows 7 without a disk

When you need to reset the HP laptop password, proper methods need to be taken. Here, you can choose some methods depending on your need.

▶ Situation 1. When you get into the HP laptop and remember the password

If you get into the HP laptop with the remembered password, you can easily change the password on Windows 7 Settings with the following operations.

Step 1. Open the Control Panel and click “User Accounts”, then select “Change your password”.

Step 2. In the new window, input the current password, then type the new password and confirm it, click “Change password”.

 ▶ Situation 2. When you get into the laptop but forget the password

What can you do when you forget the password with your HP laptop unlocked? Here, you can try these two measures.

✿ Method 1. Change the password with another Administrator account

When there is another Administrator account, you can change the password with it. The detailed steps are as follows.

Step 1. Open Control Panel, then Click “User Accounts and Family Safety” and “User Account” in turn.

Step 2. In the following interface, click “Manage another account”.

Step 3. Select the account you decide to change the password for, then click “Change the password”.

Step 4. Input a new password and confirm it, then click “Change password”.

 ✿ Method 2. Try “netplwiz” to reset the password

Netplwiz.exe is a Windows utility to manage Windows account. If you want to reset the forgotten password in the opened HP laptop, you can try this tool.

Step 1. Click "Strat", input "netplwiz" in the research bar and press "Enter".

Step 2. Select the target account, click "Reset Password", then you can reset the password according to the wizard.

 ▶ Situation 3. The HP laptop is locked without password

When you encounter the worst condition- the HP laptop cannot be opened with the forgotten password. How to unlock HP laptop when forgot password on Windows 7? Don’t be frustrated, here are 5 methods for you to reset the password.

★ Method 1. Reset the password with HP Recovery Manager

HP Recovery Manager is a software produced by HP company, it aims to help HP users better manage their PC. It works on returning the PC to the previous condition, deleting the recovery partition, producing HP recovery media, backing up files, etc.

Step 1. Restart your locked HP laptop, when you see the logging-in interface, press “Shift” and “Restart” simultaneously. Then click “Troubleshoot” and “Recovery Manager” in order. When the tool is running, click “System Recovery”.

Step 2. Tick “Back up your Files first (recommended)” or “Recover without backing up your files”, and click “Next”. Then choose the target file types and storage device, press “Next”.

Step 4. Select the method to backup the files, click “Continue” to perform the system recovery. Then you can delete the locked HP account.

 ★ Method 2. Change the password using CMD in safe mode

Command Prompt is a practical tool to manage a PC disk, it can delete volumes, format hard drives, resize volumes, and so on. Besides, it also has the power to reset the lost password.

Step 1. Start the computer, in the PC logging-in interface, continuously press F8 until the Advanced Boot Options screen appears.

Step 2. Choose the “Advanced options” and “Command Prompt”.

Step 3. Enter "net user user_name new_password" , here we take "net user Tom 123456 " Press "Enter". Then you can reset the password successfully.

★ Method 3. Reset the password on Microsoft page

I forgot my HP laptop password, how can I get into the laptop? If you logged into the PC with Microsoft account before, the problem will be much easier. You can directly reset the password on the Microsoft official page.

Step 1. Go to the Microsoft official website, input your Email (phone number or Skype name), then click “Next”.

Step 2. Select “Email” and click “Next” to verify your identity.

Step 3. When you pass the identification, you can reset the password and click “Next”.

 ★ Method 4. Factory reset the entire HP laptop

Factory reset is also called hard reset, it will bring the target device to its original state. There’s no doubt that all data on the target device will be wiped, including the forgot password.

Step 1. Press “Windows + I” to run Windows Settings, click “System”, “Recovery” and “Reset PC” in turn. 

Step 2. Two options listed: “Keep my files” or “Remove everything”, click “Remove everything”.

Step 3. Then follow the wizard to factory reset the HP laptop, the password and other data on the PC will be erased.

 ★ Method 5. Try a third-party password reset tool

In addition to the mentioned methods, you can try a Windows 11/10/8/8.1/7/XP/Vista disk manager- AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional. Using this tool, you can reset the HP laptop password in just a few clicks without any data loss.

The “Reset Windows password” function will create a password reset USB with few limitations to reset any brand of PC, including Dell, HP, Lenovo, Toshiba, etc. Different from Windows password reset disk, this tool supports you in creating the password reset USB after losing the password.

Besides, this functional disk manager has other features, such as Allocate Free Space, Migrate OS to HDD/SSD, Convert disk between MBR and GPT, App Mover, etc.  

How to reset password on HP laptop in Windows 7 without disk? Here is the answer.

Step 1. Insert a prepared USB with another working laptop, install and run this tool, click “Tools” and then “Reset Windows Password”.

Step 2. Read the prompt and click “Next”.

Step 3. Choose the target USB device and click “Proceed”.

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

Step 5. When the password reset USB-making task is completed, click “Finish”.

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

Step 7. All accounts on the HP laptop will be in the interface, select the target one and tick “Reset Account Password”, click “Next”.

Step 8. Input a new password and confirm it again, click “Yes”.  

Epilogue

How to reset password on HP laptop in Windows 7 without disk? In this post, we shared different measures in three conditions. Please choose the proper methods according to your actual condition. As you can see, when you cannot get into the HP laptop with the wrong password, AOMEI Partition Assistant can be an easy method to reset the password.

By the way, if you are refused to get into a HP laptop installed Windows Server, you can turn to the Server Version for help.