How to Create a Windows 10 Password Reset Disk Using USB Flash Drive

If you have set a password for the local user you use to sign into your Windows 10, you are advised to create a password reset disk just in case one day you forget the password and lock yourself out. As all of us after all are not saints, nobody knows when he will forget the password. Anyhow, where there is a password, there is a password reset disk required.

Here I am going to share two options to create a Windows 10 password reset disk using USB flash drive – the removable media which is easier to carry and use.

Two options to create a Windows 10 password reset disk using USB flash drive

Option 1: on your own current computer

Option 2: on another computer

Option 1: Use USB flash drive to create a Windows 10 password reset disk on your own current computer

This way only works when you haven’t forgotten the password yet and you have signed in your Windows 10.

Step 1:Press Win + X and then click Control Panel to access Windows 10 Control Panel. In the search box in the top right corner, type password reset disk. Then click on the Create a password reset disk link under User Accounts.

Step 2:Forgotten Password Wizard opens. Insert a USB flash drive into the computer and click Next.

Step 3: Note your USB flash letter and click Next.

Step 4: Type your current user account password and click Next.

Step 5: When the progress is completed, click Next following Finish. Then you’ve successfully created a Windows 10 password reset disk on the USB flash drive.

Tips: To use this password reset disk, just need to insert it into your computer, and then click Reset Password link showed at Windows 10 sign-in screen. Then follow the Password Reset Wizard to reset a new password for your user account.

Option 2: Create a Windows 10 password reset disk using USB flash drive with the help of another computer

This way usually helps you create a password reset disk after you have already forgotten Windows 10 password and been locked out.

Step 1: On another computer you can access as administrator, download and install iSumsoft Windows Password Refixer program. When installation is completed, launch this program.

Step 2: Click USB device. 

Step 3: Insert a USB flash drive into the computer. Note the drive letter from the drop-down button and then click Begin burning. Format the USB drive when prompted.

Step 4: When Burning Successfully pops up, you will have successfully created a Windows 10 password reset disk on the USB flash drive.

Tips: This password-reset USB disk is bootable. To use it, just need to boot up your password-forgotten Windows 10 computer from the USB drive, and then follow the steps on iSumsoft Windows Password Refixer screen to reset the password to blank.