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‎11-02-2018 11:18 PM

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Product: Pavilion g series
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

Got past the hp lockout.. now don't remember windows 7 password.. how to reset without software or disk.. 

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‎11-03-2018 12:43 AM - edited ‎11-03-2018 12:46 AM

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If you have the original operating system installed you should be able to boot into the recovery partition to reinstall Windows by doing a System Recovery and start over with new password. Immediately after powering on start tapping the F11 key.

http://hp.dezide.com/ts/start.jsp?guide=HPSystemRecovery.net&as=true&SFS=sdoc&section=ccweb

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‎11-03-2018 01:00 AM

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Ok.. if I do that, will I lose my files?

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‎11-03-2018 01:05 AM - edited ‎11-03-2018 01:06 AM

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Yes, unless you have a large usb flash drive or external hard drive to back them up during the process.

https://www.lifewire.com/free-windows-password-recovery-tools-2626179

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