Lost Admin password
Nice day
I'm trying to do a factory restore on your laptop model HP-g011ca running Windows 8.1 and the admin password has been lost. Let contact me. The system has been set up by someone who had no idea how to make an installation program and do not bother to read none of the screens through the installation program
This model comes with a 1.8 GB restore partition.
I was wondering if I can remove the hard drive and delete the Windows folder (or all folders), I would be able to do a restore of the system from the recovery partition?
If so, what would be the steps?
Oh... If there is an easier way to do this, I would like to know.
Thank you all
Chomp wrote:
Provost thanks... I understand your reasoning behind not providing a tutorial...
I'll give a try to the F11 key when I get home later today.
Another question for you, if I boot to the command prompt and go to "D", I can run recovery from there.
Thanks again
Don
"Another question for you, if I boot to the command prompt and go to"D", can I run the recovery from there."
No. The recovery partition is not default bootable. If you play with or modify files within the partition, it will work as expected.
You can use a live bootable Linux usb to access GParted and assign to the active recovery partition. Once it's done, you can leave Linux (I use Ubuntu) and then restart your laptop. It should boot straight into the Recovery Manager.
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