How does a sparekey?

I have a friend who could not connect on Windows 7 Home Premium with its password.  She had not created a password reset disk (PRD) to enable him to get into Windows and reset his password.  Fortunately, some time later, she was able to connect with its original password.  At that time, she decided to change her password to a weak password 4 letter to another more powerful and create a DRP at the same time.  With good intentions, I thought it would be a good idea to create a PRD before changing his or her password after connecting with his original password in case she encountered a problem to login with the new password stronger.  We have conducted on a USB key.  She then changed her password and confirmed that she was able to login with the new password.  I formatted the drive to boost thinking that would erase the original data of the PRD and we could then proceed to create a new RDP for the new password.  We went back to the page of user account with the format USB inserted and clicked on create a password reset disk.  A message came up saying something like: "you have already created a reset disk and continue will make the drive to reset obsolete original.»  I'm sorry to be so wordy, but the bottom line question is, "what is written on the thumb drive when you make a password reset disk" that Windows says must be done only once regardless of the number of times that you change the password.  I guess that the password is not written on the USB, but my problem more complicated, that's why the formatting procedure erases everything on the USB.  In other words, how Windows recognized that you had already created a reset disk?  Last question, should have we answered the question if we wanted to continue, "Yes" making the original disc to reset obsolete.  I am so confused on the issue of the password reset disk, as you can easily.

Thanks to anyone who can provide me with some enlightening information on this issue.

ATB, Donald Bartel

The message warns you that making a new PRD makes all of a previous invalid.  Yes, you can go ahead and make a new [and you have no choice because you have deleted an old - layout of the USB it erased].

Creating a PRD actually just creates a file named userkey.psw on your USB.

Reformat the USB has removed userkey.psw, but Windows always knows he created first a - formatting the USB does not erase the memory of Windows.

As you know, you don't need to make a new RDP when you change the password.  Once is enough.  But you can choose to do an If you want [and must this time simply because you erased the last of them].

When you come to use a PRD for real [because you have forgotten a password], you will find that only the last of them to predict that the user [on this computer, this installation of Windows] will work.  All others will be rejected.

There is more information

As a precaution 2- Make & test a password for each account reset disk [PDF version]

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