Lost password on user account. (ophcrack/TRK)

[Kidd]

Hello guys!
So, I decided to create a thread here in case any of you know what to do.
I've checked several internet pages, but my problem seems to persist.

I just got my desktop Windows 7 Home Premium back after a year from where it was stored, but I have forgotten my password completely.

I have tried several options of password retrieval/removal:
- Ophcrack (CD/DVD)
- TRK (Trinity Rescue Kit) (CD/DVD)

Ophcrack had an issue with not being able to find the tables, displaying the message "no drivers found", no matter what I try to click on that might help me in my case.

TRK also encounters a problem, where it says:
"Trying to find TRK on your 0 CD-drive(s)
TRK not found on CD, Checking harddisks & USB sticks (sleep 5 secs let them settle in)
SCSI: 0:0:0: CDROM TSSTCORP CDDVD SH-S202J SB02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 SR 0:0:0:
Attached SCSI generic Sg0 type 5 cat:/etc/trkhd: No such file or directory
Seems we didn't find anything yet. Trying CD-drives once more. Try to find TRK on your 1 cd-drive(s)
Seems we didn't find the TRK medium
Manually enter the device on which TRK can be found (e.g. 'sda1'):

If I enter sda1, it just tells me that something is wrong/could not load/no such file in directory.

Any idea on what to do instead/do to fix it? I want to try to avoid having to reinstall my whole computer, and I appreciate to have the answer as easy as possible, because I'm not that much of a computer-person.

x Kidd

 

[solarmystic]

Hello and welcome to the forums Kidd!

Follow this tutorial to reset your Windows 7 account password:-

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/85657-password-reset.html

Hope that helps!

 

[z3r010]

Try method 3 here - Reset User Account Password - Vista Forums

 

[Quickie]

I ran into the same issue...now a year later anyhow, when it says to manually enter the device enter: 'sdb1' instead of 'sda1'
just FYI

 

[enrocas]

Thanks for advice I just fallowed your advice. THANK THANKS
I ran into the same issue...now a year later anyhow, when it says to manually enter the device enter: 'sdb1' instead of 'sda1'

 

[blanchae]

Old thread - solution

I tried to boot using Trinity tool kit. After a lot of head scratching, I found that the USB stick will only boot on USB1 port and not on the other ports (USB2 and USB3) on my laptop. USB2 and USB3 ports wouldn't boot and halted on cat find /etc/trkhd error.

 

[file3456]

I've used NT Password Edit with great success and it happens to be included in Hiren's Boot CD. Today, Hiren's Boot CD is a Windows 10 PE.

1) Download Ventoy

2) Write Ventoy to a blank USB drive

3) After the drive is formatted with Ventoy, simply copy/paste the Hiren's Boot CD image file to the USB drive. That's it!

4) Boot the USB drive like you would install Windows. See that glorious Ventoy menu to pick an OS?

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