Solved Forgot Admin Password Please Help!

[Alex999]

I forgot the password to my admin user account and cant log in. I tried windows password key, konboot, and trinity rescue kit and none of them booted from disc. Then i went into bios and put the internal optical disk drive first and internal hard disk drive second. Still doesnt boot from disc . Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

Im using the Sony Vaio S series home premium 64bit vpcsc41fm

 

[tlarseth]

Trinity rescue disk can fix this.

 

[Alex999]

The software is not the problem man. All the software that i put up can fix the problem. My problem though is just getting my Vaio S series to boot the CD from the optical disc.

 

[AddRAM]

How in the world do you FORGET your password.

Are those discs retail ? Did you make them yourself ?

 

[bobafetthotmail]

did you save the setting after you changed it? the last BIOS tab should offer a "exit and save changes" option.

Another way is try placing the iso on a bootable usb stick and boot from that (YUMI is a good program to do that)

 

[Alex999]

did you save the setting after you changed it? the last BIOS tab should offer a "exit and save changes" option.

Another way is try placing the iso on a bootable usb stick and boot from that (YUMI is a good program to do that)

Yeah i did save the setting in bios. I tried booting from usb as well but i used a program called ISO to USB to no avail. In bios i also put the external device as the first device above internal hard disk and still nothing. Ive ban at it for 2 days with no solution

 

[Alex999]

How in the world do you FORGET your password.

Are those discs retail ? Did you make them yourself ?

I made it two days before shutting off my computer so when i turned it on i was surprised by the password my self. And no i created those discs myself in order to get rid of the password.

 

[bobafetthotmail]

try having the network boot in the first spot, then the removable device, then the cd reader, possibly leaving the hdd out of boot order.

I had some dumb bios that didn't boot anything from USB if network boot wasn't first, never had issues with cds, but it's worth a try.

I'd also try the "reset factory/optimal settings" or similar bios option. Also check if there are settings that prevent it from booting USBs or CDs (but you'll probably have already looked for this).

 

[AddRAM]

Made what 2 days b4 ?

Discs could have not been prepared properly.

Drop in an install disc, restart, bring up the boot menu by pressing the proper Fkey, shown on boot screen.

Boot from the dvd drive.

See if the install disc will boot.

 

[Alex999]

try having the network boot in the first spot, then the removable device, then the cd reader, possibly leaving the hdd out of boot order.

I had some dumb bios that didn't boot anything from USB if network boot wasn't first, never had issues with cds, but it's worth a try.

I'd also try the "reset factory/optimal settings" or similar bios option. Also check if there are settings that prevent it from booting USBs or CDs (but you'll probably have already looked for this).

Yeah i did look into that. Anyways i put network boot as first and the result was a bit a different but at least we're getting somewhere for once. This is what came up after i followed your steps...

 

[bobafetthotmail]

so network boot works (well, it tries to, but there is nothing for it to boot from on the network), yet it doesn't even consider booting from USB and DVD after it.

When you go in the BIOS screen about boot devices, do you see the actual device names or just generic names when the device is plugged in (for USB anyway, the CD drive is always in)?

The last try, most bioses do have a manual-ish available boot device selection option that you bring up by pressing a button while it is starting up, if you are fast enough you should see it listed in the initial screen, otherwise it's usually F10 or F12 or del or some other F-something key.

 

[Alex999]

Made what 2 days b4 ?

Discs could have not been prepared properly.

Drop in an install disc, restart, bring up the boot menu by pressing the proper Fkey, shown on boot screen.

Boot from the dvd drive.

See if the install disc will boot.

Don't have an install disk . The damn Vaio just wont boot from disc or usb.

 

[Layback Bear]

How many accounts are on this computer? If more than one what are they?

 

[bobafetthotmail]

frankly, this seems like a BIOS issue of some kind (i.e. an issue of the machine, not of the software), as Win 7 has nothing to do with preventing boot of CDs or USB drives before it's even loaded.

Ask the customer support, since I think it's well into warranty and they should fix it for free.


If it's not under warranty, keep reading.

Another trick you can try (or maybe not as I suspect that its HDD isn't easily removable) is removing the hdd and placing it in another computer where the BIOS is more cooperative (disconnect all other hdds from it while doing this). Resetting passwords is just hacking a file without booting the Win7 in that disk, so it should run fine.
This won't fix the no-boot-from-CD-or-USB issues though.

The very very last thing I'd try to do is update the BIOS if possible without booting into win 7. If the BIOS was broken or buggy (the fact it does not boot from USB or CD could indicate that) this should fix it. Updating BIOS is pretty dangerous to do though, as if it goes wrong the machine is completely ruined (and someone has to desolder and replace a physical motherboard component to make it go again).

as a sidenote, there is some strong evidence that the BIOS may be crappy.
from their BIOS update utility I linked:

This utility updates the BIOS to resolve the following issues:
The computer intermittently does not charge the battery.
The computer may shutdown at random.
The computer may not resume from standby or hibernation
The computer may hang, freeze, (stop responding) or is unable to start Windows® after POST
Reduces fan noise
The computer may hang or freeze, (stop responding) during playback of a High Definition video while using battery power
The computer may display No Boot / No OS Found errors due to a failure in communication between the BIOS and the Hard Drive
Unable to login to the computer due to a critical battery message when starting Windows using battery power
Battery status shows as "Not present" when the battery is fully charged

I mean, did they code the BIOS overnight and forgot to test it before use? I could understand an e-machines or an Acer or some random foxconn, but an ultrabook with a BIOS like this? Really?

 

[bobafetthotmail]

For anyone reading this in the future:

Alex999 repped post 5 saying

I looked back and used YUMI and it got the job done through ubunta.