Access Your Account and Files without Your Windows Password [How To]

By Rich

If you’ve lost your Windows password, you don’t have to lose access to your files or account; you have three options to get your data back:

If you just need to get to your files and they are not encrypted, access your files without a password.

If you need to get back in to your account and do not have encrypted files, reset your Windows password.

If you used Windows to encrypt your files (how to encrypt your files with Windows) and the Windows account files are still in tact on your hard drive, you will need to crack your Windows password to access your files.

Once you’ve got access to your files again, I recommend you:

Create a password reset disc to prevent future loss
Encrypt your files so others cannot retrieve your files using these same methods

Rich is the owner and creator of Windows Guides; he spends his time breaking things on his PC so he can write how-to guides to fix them.

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