Which Format

Format process done by Windows 10 you don't need to worry about it.

You don't format the disk when using a Password Reset disk. Scroll down to the How to Use a Password Reset Disk. How to create and use password reset disk on Windows 10 | Windows Central

Are you confusing it with restoring a Windows Disk Image? As post #2 stated, the Windows Disk Image restore will format the disk for you during the process.

daniellouwrens said:

Hi

When making a Password Reset disk for W10
should I format the disk with FAT32 or NTFS.

I appreciate any info or advice.

Thanks

Daniel

These are not needed these days. Just answer the three questions during setup, or use MS account.

daniellouwrens said:

When making a Password Reset disk for W10

Daniel,

Password reset disks achieve no more than writing your password down achieves yet cost a lot more.
They have always been a waste of time & effort.
Scraps of paper can be used to write passwords for both local user accounts & MSAccount-linked user accounts whereas Password reset disks can only be used with local user accounts.
And it's a lot easier to keep a scrap of paper secure somewhere than it is to keep a disk secure.

You can format it however you like. As long as Windows can read a disk then it can be used as a Password reset disk.
Create a Password Reset Disk - TenForumsTutorials


Best of luck,
Denis

daniellouwrens said:

Either way, I did two drives, one NTFS and one FAT32, both work fine.

Daniel,

Sorry but you are incorrect.
The creation of the second one for the same local user account invalidated the first one.
Windows will only let you reset your password using the most recently-made one for a local user account.
This used to be stated quite explicitly in the relevant MS article but no longer is -
Create a password reset disk for a local account in Windows - MSSupport
Reset your Windows local account password - MSSupport - You might notice that this article does not mention the Password reset disk which implies that they regard it as a legacy tool [and MS will therefore not have bothered making any changes to its creation or use procedures].
The limitation is also displayed at Step 10 of

Try3 said:

Create a Password Reset Disk - TenForumsTutorials

which you will have seen when you made them.



Denis

Daniel,

I have just re-tested and the situation remains the same - making a second one for the same local user account invalidates the first one.
Windows will only let you reset your password using the most recently-made one for the same local user account.

In addition to the completion info shown at Step 10 of the PRD creation procedure, you should also have been shown a warning after Step 7 if another PRD already existed.


If you later tried to use that first [now invalid] PRD to reset a local account password then the procedure will report a fatal error at Step 7 of Option One - Reset Password with Password Reset Disk - TenForumsTutorials instead of the completion message that you would expect to see.



I've passed this info on to Brink & warnings are being inserted in both tutorials.


All the best,
Denis