Lost Password

Reinstalling Lenox on Vista. Lost password on original installation? Help!!

You will need to explain more than that.

If you are reinstalling Linux it will completely wipe out the previous installation and it will ask for a new password.

Thank you for your reply. I have a Vista Core 2 Duo laptop a few years old. Works great. I installed Mint on it 3 or 4 years ago but haven't used it for a couple years. I forgot the password so can't open it. I think if I installed a new installation it will allow me to start over but I don't have a cd with Linux and our computer club is closed because of the virus. I can download one but I don't want to put it on my current computer. Is Mint the best to use and would like advise on how to download without affecting my PC?

Is there any chance that either someone from your computer club or maybe even the person who runs the club can help with this ? You can certainly give it a try yourself.....you have nothing to lose.....you wont break anything.....



You can reset your password following the next steps:

1. Reboot your computer / Turn your computer on.
2. Hold down the Shift key at the start of the boot process to enable the GNU GRUB boot menu (if it does not show)
3. Press ESC at the GNU GRUB prompt.
4. Press e for edit.
5. Use the Arrow keys to highlight the line that begins with kernel and press the e key.
6. Go to the very end of the line and add rw init=/bin/bash
7. Press Enter and then press b to boot your system.
8. Your system will boot up to a passwordless root shell.
9. Type in passwd yourusername
10. Set your new password.
11. Restart your system.