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Upon trying to put password in my compaq notebook is saying reset password; then when i click on reset password it says No Drive this features requires removable media(then mentions either a floppy disk or USB flashdrive). I am entering the correct password so i dont understand. What shall i do, thanks Rebecca

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No PC stated, vast models made, read the service tag?
NO OS stated, XP? w10? what?
this tells the helper the YEAR, after all
a 1 year old PC is not like 20 year old PC.

Is this the windows, (which?) login screen?, you didnt say what screen it was? and if it looks NORMAL there?

sounds like the OS password wrong or the OS is corrupted to me.
getting help lacking what notebook this is , is very hard.

The HP compaq rules on notebook made after year 2006
try power on and hammering the F11 key, to get the recovery going.. (do the startup up repair first)
power on , F11 over and over until...... bingo recovery mode.
but first do you have data to backup, that is first.
some folks do , others don't, so that dictates next step. first really
;)

find the service tag on your Laptop
read it,

see all those words there, do tell.

see the tag here.
http://pcdied.com/

local PW fixes here.
http://www.pcdied.com/passwords.html#local

  • Anonymous Dec 26, 2017

    if the OS is corrupted, it will ignore
    good pass words
    on the windows login screen
    why no first tell the helper
    the windows login screen shows, normally
    does it? (as it did ever day for years)

    if yes, are there other accounts there?
    on mine it's. like....
    me,
    admin
    nobody.(admin 2)
    I keep 3 accounts on all PCs so if things go bad, i can use one to fix the bad account.

    if all 3 go dead, it's OS reload time.
    or backup data time.........

  • Anonymous Dec 26, 2017

    yes, the windows asks for the magic PW, recovery stick.
    when you first run windows on new PC, it asks you
    to make a back up , on USB memory stick.
    of your password files.
    nobody ever does that ,(billions of users)
    so all that is useless now.

    all that matters is
    good password
    and non corrupted OS.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 28, 2008

SOURCE: Resetting Admin password

go to setup>and go to maintanance -->there is a option restore default>select that and after some time do power cycle>and rste me solved if its helps
or
go to your user accouny and change your password

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Carlos L. Burgos

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  • Posted on Apr 19, 2008

SOURCE: Rescue Program for a Floppy

there is one program,
is called,
Superboot

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 26, 2008

SOURCE: brand new hp pavilion dv2839tx

Let me help you with that concern!

First, the computer asks you for a Password Reset Disk right? And then you inserted a BLANK Floppy Disk since you dont have a Flash Drive. But here is the thing, the computer is asking you a "Password Reset Disk" and in order for you to do that is, after you created a password into your account at your computer, the computer suggests to create a reset disk by inserting a floppy drive or a flash drive. And what the computer is doing is copying the password data into the floppy drive or to a flash drive. So inserting a blank floppy drive will do nothing on recovering your password. You need a password reset disk, but then again i think you did created a reset disk, so what you can do is to Reinstall the Operating System. I know your files are important but that is the only last resource that we can do. My suggestion is just back up all your files by inserting you hard drive into another laptop or you can just call drivesavers. You may visit their website at www.drivesavers.com and this is only a tip if still want to backup your files. But the resolution is still reinstalling the operating system.

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Anonymous

  • 26 Answers
  • Posted on Oct 13, 2008

SOURCE: my friend has a toshiba

YOU NEED TO GET INTO THE C-MODE SETUP TO DELETE ANY PASSWORD AND USER NAME. go to www.toshiba.com look for the support and go there. the fee they charge may be a whole lot less that bringing it to a shop.

BUT--this is a tricky issue..you need to contact toshiba as to the keys to get into C-Mode setup to do this.

the message referes to the fact that a removable drive (CD ) or ( mass storage device) was taken out before the computer could close out that program properly. It is looking for it to close it right.

Anonymous

  • 859 Answers
  • Posted on Oct 31, 2008

SOURCE: Logon problem with Compaq notebook!

You're welcome, you can rate this now. Good Luck.

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