Restore Windows 10 without passwords

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  1. Posts : 7
    windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #11

    Kari said:
    Yes, subject to the installed Windows 10 edition being the same edition than the computer already had activated.

    Kari
    It definitely had windows 10 Pro so I will find a USB drive laying around and start making a boot drive.
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  2. Posts : 42,841
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #12

    A given iso will install Home or Pro- which is activated depends on the digital rights or license key.
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  3. Posts : 8,090
    windows 10
       #13

    You can't make the bootable DVD from another PC it must be from media creation tool. As soon as you turn the PC on press f2 lots of time which should get you to the BIOS to set it to boot from DVD. In most cases you can get into the PC with local admin account won't anyone tell you that password. Have you tried login to the domain with your account some are setup to cache logins
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  4. Posts : 7
    windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #14

    Samuria said:
    You can't make the bootable DVD from another PC it must be from media creation tool. As soon as you turn the PC on press f2 lots of time which should get you to the BIOS to set it to boot from DVD. In most cases you can get into the PC with local admin account won't anyone tell you that password. Have you tried login to the domain with your account some are setup to cache logins
    The IT company the old business had trashed all information they had on our system and passwords went along with that. I never previously logged into this machine previous to the buy out...
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  5. Posts : 1,099
    Win 10 pro Upgraded from 8.1
       #15

    md517 said:
    The IT company the old business had trashed all information they had on our system and passwords went along with that. I never previously logged into this machine previous to the buy out...
    This is why I asked if you can get into the BIOS the previous domain may have you locked out
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  6. Posts : 7
    windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #16

    Wow... didn't expect this to be solved in one day especially on a Sunday. Anyways, I made a boot drive on another windows 10 machine with an 8GB USB stick I had laying around. Booted the trouble machine using that stick, Choose windows 10 Pro (This machine was running windows 10 Pro before). Now Im in! It even stayed activated with the previous product key.

    Thank you all for the help and input! I joined this forum site today just to ask this question, thanks for making this go by so quickly! Now that I can see what kind of CPU is in it. Can anyone tell me if the specs are any good? Intel core i5-4590 CPU @3.30 GHz with 8 GB of ram (single stick), the "C" drive is a 240GB intel SSD. Any recommended upgrades right away?
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  7. Posts : 42,841
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #17

    Great- now before anything goes horribly wrong (and it can) defend yourself from disk failure, unbootable situations, etc etc by creating your first disk image. E.g. Macrium Reflect (free) + external storage for disk image sets.

    We urge users continually to use disk imaging routinely- can give you a relatively quick and painless way to recover without a painstaking and possibly fruitless search for technical help.
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  8. Posts : 8,090
    windows 10
       #18

    It's good specs with fast see drive and plenty of ram I assume you installed a 64bit Windows or you won't be able to use all the ram
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