If you don't have a CD/DVD drive click HERE for my USB version.

Certain Dell machines may not start properly and halt with the 3.0 graphic version due to CD driver incompatibility. If so simply use the USB version instead buy clicking the USB link above or the Advanced version to the right for use with a CD if a USB thumb-drive is not available.

Double click the icon above that should now be on your Windows Desktop to start the burn process, otherwise skip to the next step.

You may see the following window appear. Don't be alarmed, Password Reset is 100% safe. Click Run

Click Run on the publisher warning screen and the following windows will appear.

Click the Start button at the bottom of the window.

The window below will appear.

Your CD drawer will open up. Insert a blank CD-R only disc and close the drawer. (-RW discs will not work)

Then click OK,

The CD will begin to burn and eject when finished, you will see the window below.

The CD is now finished, you can remove it from the tray and click Close.

You now have a working boot CD and are ready to move on to the next page.

Click HERE for the instruction page on booting up and running your CD.

In some cases, due to advanced hardware configurations such as SCSI, RAID etc, you may need advanced driver support.

Click HERE for our Advanced CD with expanded driver support.

Click HERE for instructions on creating the Password Reset boot CD directly from the .iso image file. (advanced users only)

Click HERE for instructions on creating the Password Reset boot disc on a Mac computer.

Click HERE if you would like us to send you a copy of Password Reset on CD & USB thumb-drive.