This article mainly talks about using a bootable USB to reset the Windows 10 password when you forget your login password. Appreciate that you would make a comment if you find it helpful, or you have other ways about resetting Windows 10 password to share with us.

1. How to Reset Windows 10 Password
Using Bootable USB Drive

2. o Have you ever forgotten your login password when
you are about to sign in your PC, none of
passwords inputted correct?

3. o Guess that you haven’t created a password reset
disk yet; no worries, because you have other options
to reset the Windows 10 password.
o Right here is talking about an effective method that
you can reset the password with a bootable USB.
o No matter it’s a local user account, a domain user
account or a Microsoft account, a bootable USB is
able to reset the password of it.
o Let’s grasp how to reset windows 10 password
using bootable USB Drive.

4. Step 1: Create a bootable USB drive.
o First, make sure that you will be in need of a USB
flash drive and an accessible computer to perform
the following steps.
o Then start everything with the download of iSumsoft
Windows Password Refixer into a computer with
network connection. When you finish the
installation, launch the software.

5. o In the user interface, you need to choose the media
type. So click the USB device button for the next
steps.

6. o Now plug a USB flash drive (which is empty or with
no important files in it) into the Windows 10 PC.

7. o After they are connected, select the USB drive name
from the drop-down menu and click on Begin
burning.

8. o There will be a dialog box warning you that the USB
flash drive will be formatted, you should click Yes to
proceed.

9. o After a while, a prompt Burning Successfully will
show on the screen, telling you that a bootable USB
drive is successfully created. Then, you can use this
bootable USB to reset the forgotten password.

10. Step 2: Boot the locked Windows 10
from the bootable USB drive.
o Now insert the bootable USB drive you just make into the
target Window 10 PC.
o Then start or restart your PC; at the same time, you need
to press the function key like F12 or Esc until you see the
Boot Menu show on the screen. Select the option USB
drive from the menu with ↓ or ↑ key and hit the Enter key
to boot your PC from the USB drive.
o After successfully booting, there will be the user interface
of iSumsoft Windows Password Refixer on the screen.

11. Step 3: Reset Windows 10 password
with the bootable USB.

12. o In the interface, you can clearly see the Step 1- Step4.
Just select the Windows 10 OS and the user that you
want to reset its password. Then click the Reset
Password button.

13. o Next, the password of the selected user will be
removed. Once the button Reset Password is tapped,
the software will ask for your permission to set the
password to blank.

14. o Finally, you are able to reboot your Windows 10 and
simply login in it without any password.

15. o In addition, this software enables you to create a
new account which possesses administrator
privilege. If you prefer signing in your PC with a new
account, click the button Add User to proceed.

16. o A new account created, now you can restart your
Windows 10 PC and sign in this account with the
password you set for it.

17. Tips
It is suggested that you keep a USB drive specifically as
a bootable drive, not to store any files in it. Thus, you
can simply use it to reset your Windows 10 password in
the future if you forget your password again.
For more details, go to:
 https://www.isumsoft.com/it/create-windows-password-reset-
disk-for-all-user-accounts/#Method4
• https://www.isumsoft.com/windows-10/how-to-reset-windows-
10-forgotten-password-with-usb.html