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Note: NTPasswd is not capable of accessing encrypted drives, such as Bitlocker-encrypted drives. Before you can start resetting passwords, you first need to boot your computer into the NTPasswd environment. Now that you’ve created your password reset disk, it’s time to put it to the test. Once the command completes, you now have a bootable NTPasswd USB drive. The command should only take approximately one second to complete, and there are no output messages.

# (m) - Install the master boot record (MBR). You do not need to download the file separately. The NTPasswd zip that you previously extracted to the USB drive already includes the syslinux.exe executable file. This command assumes that the USB drive letter is E. After extracting the NTPasswd zip file, run the syslinux.exe command below to make the USB drive bootable.

You should see a similar progress indicator as to the image below.Įxtracting NTPasswd files to the USB driveģ. Expand-Archive -Path C:\Downloads\usb140201.zip -DestinationPath E:

This command assumes that the NTPasswd zip file is in the C:\Downloads folder and the extract destination is the root of drive E. To do so, run the Expand-Archive command below. Inside the PowerShell window, extract usb140201.zip file contents to the root of the USB drive. You don’t need to download any third-party tools, too.įollow the steps below to create an NTPasswd bootable USB drive.Ģ. Doing so only takes running two lines of command. To boot your computer into the NTPasswd environment, you must first create bootable media containing the NTPasswd files. As of this writing, the latest zip file name is usb140201.zip, and the size is approximately 18MB.

Download the latest NTPasswd USB zip file.

In this tutorial, the USB drive letter is E.

This tutorial assumes that you’ve already attached the USB drive to the computer and know its drive letter.

A USB flash drive with at least 50MB free space where you’ll be installing NTPasswd.

NTPasswd boot disks do not support UEFI boot mode.

Make sure that the computer can boot from a USB drive and supports legacy boot mode.

Related: How to Add a Local Windows 10 Account This tutorial will be trying the password reset on a test account with the name Dummy. This user account is optional but recommended if you don’t want to test this tutorial with production or live user account.

A test or dummy Windows 10 local user account.

This tutorial will be using a Windows 10 version 20H2, but earlier versions should work as well. Since this tutorial is hands-on, you’ll need the following requirements if you plan to follow along.

Resetting a User Password with NTPasswd.