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No administrator password

Tea_time

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Jan 19, 2015
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Hello,

Well, long story short, i managed to delete the session where i was admin, so the only available session now, is probably the main but anyway only one remaining, and I don't have the password, probably because it was installed by the shop where i bought it. So i'm locked out of my computer.

From what i've found, it seems impossible to solve that except formating everything.

However, i would like your opinion about my idea :

I used another computer to create a small partition on an external hard drive, where i've installed windows with a popular software. Then, how about i change the boot option on the locked computer in the bios to use the external usb ? I would then be using my main computer thanks to the hard drive, and be able to get my data, and even setup a new primary partition on this one (and delete the old locked windows 8) ?

Am I thinking wrong or could it work ?

Thanks
 
Oh I just found that on similar topic "Forum rules preclude assistance with circumventing passwords." I guess that means nobody is gonna tell me if i can do that or not :/ ?