class="align-right" src="http://www.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/android-sd-card.jpg" alt="how to reset android" />Recently, I started a new job where I was offered a Blackberry Bold. Being a tech geek that loves playing with new gadgets, this was a pretty cool turn of events. However, it is also bittersweet, because I am absolutely in love with my Droid. In my opinion, no matter what other mobile phone I ever use, the Android will always be king. I love the ability to quickly multitask with different apps, click on an address or phone number from a website, instantly dial or navigate, and so many other features too numerous to mention.

With that said, my kids both want a smartphone, and by offering my Droid to my daughter, I can avoid having to purchase a new phone and add a new data plan. I realized that many families may be in similar situations – where phones may change hands but never actually leave the house.

In this article, I’m going to show you how to save your entire phone setup – including the OS settings, applications and data – to a storage area, and then how to completely reset the phone to factory settings and clear the SD card. In the future, if the phone is ever yours again, you can simply restore from backup and it’s like the phone was never gone.

Reset Your Android Like New Again

It is surprisingly easy to reset your Android phone. What you really have to worry about is making sure you don’t lose anything important that you might have saved on your phone at some point – and so that you always have the ability to reclaim the phone as your own again.

In the following case, I am running a Motorola Droid with the CyanogenMod ROM. The instructions below are nearly identical for your standard ROM.

Back Up Your Phone Settings & All Data

The first thing you’ll want to do is install href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager&hl=en">ROM Manager off the Android Market and do a full backup of your current ROM.

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Once you click “Backup Current ROM“, it’ll reboot your phone and then take a full backup of your apps, settings and OS configuration to your SD card. It can take a while so make sure your phone is plugged in. When it’s done, the next thing you’ll want to do is move that backup file (along with all of your photos, music and other data) onto your computer or some other external storage device.

To do this, plug your phone into your computer, pull down the top menu and click the USB status. On the next screen, click on “Turn on USB Storage“. This will mount your phone as a drive in File Explorer.

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It’s as simple as highlighting all of the files in that drive, and copying them to a backup location on your computer or external hard drive.

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In my case, the entire backup was about 2.35 GB and took about 2 or 3 minutes. Just let the transfer do its thing, and when you’re done, your Android phone settings are now completely backed up and ready for use at some future date.

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Restoring Your Android To Factory Settings

Now that you’ve backed everything up, it’s time to wipe out everything and transform the phone back in time to the first day you bought it. Well, I guess in my case that actually means back to the first day I installed the CyanogenMod ROM, but you get my point.

The process to do this is ridiculously easy (which is why it’s so important to back up everything first). Go into the settings menu and click on “Privacy“.

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On the next screen, and click on “Factory data reset“.

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Read the warning screen carefully, because trust me, they are not kidding. Everything gets wiped. That’s Everything with a capital E.

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Upon reboot, you’ll need to go through the initial configuration steps that you did when you first bought your phone – including either logging into or creating a Google Account. Then the standard home screen will appear.

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Just to make sure everything is fresh and new on the SD card, it doesn’t hurt to go into settings and click on the SD card & phone storage settings menu. In here, unmount the SD card and then click on “Format SD card“.

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Now, you’ve completely and thoroughly wiped out everything on the phone and it is ready for the next user. It is currently using the same phone number and cellular account that I had previously. If you’re switching accounts, then you’ll want to take your SIM card out and insert the SIM card for the new user.

Have you ever traded your Android phone with family members or friends? How did you reset your Android? Did you use the same procedure as described here, or did you do anything different? Do you have any other preferences for taking a ROM backup? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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Tutorial to Create a Windows XP Password Reset Disk

Creating a Windows XP password reset disk is a great way to protect yourself from the possibility of forgetting your account password. With it, you can easily reset Windows XP password and get right in to Windows XP.

It’s true that there are ways to recover lost Windows passwords without a password reset disk but they are often complicated and time consuming.

Be proactive by creating a password reset disk right now. With a password reset disk, you don’t ever have to worry about forgetting your password again.

Follow these easy steps to create a password reset disk for your Windows XP account:

Click on Start and then Control Panel.

Click on the User Accounts link.

Note: If you’re viewing the Classic View of Control Panel, double-click on the User Accounts icon.

In the pick an account to change area of the User Accounts window, click on your Windows XP user name.

In the Related Tasks area on the left, click the Prevent a forgotten password link.

When the Forgotten Password Wizard window appears, click Next

Note: You will need a floppy disk drive and a blank floppy disk.

On the next screen, verify that a blank floppy disk is inserted in your floppy disk drive.

Click Next to continue.

With the disk still in the drive, enter your current account password in the text box and click Next.

Windows XP will now create the password reset disk.

When the progress indicator shows 100% complete, click Next and then click Finish in the next window.

You can now remove the floppy disk from your computer.

Label the disk Password Reset and store it in a safe place.

Tutorial to Create a Password Reset Disk in Windows 7 Tutorial to Create a Password Reset Disk in Windows Vista

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If Windows XP password recovery is your only problem, then you probably have nothing to worry about. As long as you have your Windows XP CD, you can get back into your system using a simple but effective method made possible by a little known access hole in Windows XP.

This Windows XP password reset method is easy enough for newbies to follow – it doesn’t require using the Recovery Console or any complicated commands. And it’s free – I mention that because you can pay two hundred dollars for an emergency download of Winternals ERD with Locksmith which is a utility for recover Windows passwords. See here http://www.winternals.com/products/r…/locksmith.asp

ERD is an excellent multi purpose product, but you should know it is not a necessary one if you have a healthy system and your sole problem is the inability to logon to Windows due to a forgotten password. Not necessary because you can easily change or reset Administrator password for free during a Windows XP Repair. Here’s how with a step-by-step description of the initial Repair process included for newbie’s.

1. Place your Windows XP CD in your cd-rom and start your computer (it’s assumed here that your XP CD is bootable – as it should be – and that you have your bios set to boot from CD)

2. Keep your eye on the screen messages for booting to your cd Typically, it will be “Press any key to boot from cd”

3. Once you get in, the first screen will indicate that Setup is inspecting your system and loading files.

4. When you get to the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to Setup Windows now

5. The Licensing Agreement comes next – Press F8 to accept it.

6. The next screen is the Setup screen which gives you the option to do a Repair.

It should read something like “If one of the following Windows XP installations is damaged, Setup can try to repair it”

Use the up and down arrow keys to select your XP installation (if you only have one, it should already be selected) and press R to begin the Repair process.

7. Let the Repair run. Setup will now check your disks and then start copying files which can take several minutes.

8. Shortly after the Copying Files stage, you will be required to reboot. (this will happen automatically – you will see a progress bar stating “Your computer will reboot in 15 seconds”

9. During the reboot, do not make the mistake of “pressing any key” to boot from the CD again! Setup will resume automatically with the standard billboard screens and you will notice Installing Windows is highlighted.

10. Keep your eye on the lower left hand side of the screen and when you see the Installing Devices progress bar, press SHIFT + F10. This is the security hole! A command console will now open up giving you the potential for wide access to your system.

11. At the prompt, type NUSRMGR.CPL and press Enter. Voila! You have just gained graphical access to your User Accounts in the Control Panel.

12. Now simply pick the account you need to change and reset Windows password as you prefer. If you want to log on without having to enter your new password, you can type control userpasswords2 at the prompt and choose to log on without being asked for password. After you’ve made your changes close the windows, exit the command box and continue on with the Repair (have your Product key handy).

13. Once the Repair is done, you will be able to log on with your new password (or without a password if you chose not to use one or if you chose not to be asked for a password). Your programs and personalized settings should remain intact.

I tested the above on Windows XP Pro with and without SP1 and also used this method in a real situation where someone could not remember their password and it worked like a charm to fix the problem. This security hole allows access to more than just user accounts. You can also access the Registry and Policy Editor, for example. And its gui access with mouse control. Of course, a Product Key will be needed to continue with the Repair after making the changes, but for anyone intent on gaining access to your system, this would be no problem.

And in case you are wondering, NO, you cannot cancel install after making the changes and expect to logon with your new password.

Cancelling will just result in Setup resuming at bootup and your changes will be lost.

Ok, now that your logon problem is fixed, you should make a point to prevent it from ever happening again by creating a Password Reset Disk. This is a floppy disk you can use in the event you ever forget your log on password. It allows you to set a new password.

Here’s how to create one if your computer is NOT on a domain:
Go to the Control Panel and open up User Accounts.
Choose your account (under Pick An Account to Change) and under Related Tasks, click “Prevent a forgotten password”.
This will initiate a wizard.
Click Next and then insert a blank formatted floppy disk into your A: drive.
Click Next and enter your logon password in the password box.
Click Next to begin the creation of your Password disk.
Once completed, label and save the disk to a safe place

How to Log on to your PC Using Your Password Reset Disk

Start your computer and at the logon screen, click your user name and leave the password box blank or just type in anything. This will bring up a Logon Failure box and you will then see the option to use your Password Reset disk to create a new password. Click it which will initiate the Password Reset wizard. Insert your password reset disk into your floppy drive and follow the wizard which will let you choose a new password to use for your account.

Note: If your computer is part of a domain, the procedure for creating a password disk is different.

Do you want to Reset Your Windows XP Password but you really don’t know how? Whatever the reason may be, I will help you with this by telling you the few possible ways of resetting your XP password.

How To Reset Your Windows XP Password Within Minutes…

In order to reset your XP password, you could try to fully re-install Windows XP. However, while many people recommend you to do this and while many people are saying that this is the only way, it really isn’t that good.

You see, you can also reset your Windows XP password by using a special software program which has been released since a couple of months.

This software program will reset your XP password within a couple of minutes. This way, you don’t have to waste hours on re-installing Windows XP.

Using A Software Program To Automatically Reset Your Windows XP

The software program that I just talked about is called “Password Resetter”. With this small yet powerful program you’ll be able to reset your Windows XP password within minutes and.. It’s 100% automatic!

This is how Password Resetter Works:

1 – Firstly, Password Resetter will create your bootable USB or CD and it will copy all you windows file to your USB or CD.
2 – Once that’s done, you simply start up the program and it will start looking for your system user.
3 – Once founded, Password Resetter will automatically start resetting your XP password.
4 – Once completed, simply restart your PC and you’ll be able to login without using a password.

This is exactly how Password Resetter will start resetting your Windows XP password. Easy isn’t?

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So, if you want to reset your XP password, then you can do 2 things. You either fully re-install Winodws XP which can take you a couple of hours. Or, you simply use a special software program that will automatically reset your Windows XP within minutes.

Do you want to start resetting your Windows XP password? Today? Right now? Visit: Reset XP Password

Lost or Forgot Computer Password? Reset Windows XP password!

If you have lost or forgotten your password for logging in to a computer running the Windows XP operating system, there are a few different options:

If you created a Windows XP password reset disk for Windows XP, you can use that disk to reset Windows XP password on your account. For more information on how to create and use password reset disks go to the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

How to create and use a password reset disk for a computer that is not a domain member in Windows XP
How to create and use a password reset disk for a computer in a domain in Windows XP

If you don’t have a Windows XP password reset disk, the other option is to log on as the Administrator (or to have the person who is the machine’s Administrator log on) and change the Windows XP password for your user account. For information on how to do this go to the following Mircosoft article:

If you don’t know the Administrator password, and don’t have a Windows XP password reset disk, then you will not be able to log on to Windows XP, and will need to reinstall the operating system and recreate any user accounts.

There are some programs available on the web which claim to be able to reset the Windows XP password(s) without access to an Administrator account, but these are not Microsoft programs, and are not recommended. If you do wish to try one of these programs (at your own risk), a web search should turn up a number of options.

Other tips:

First, do you have the administrator password? Login as an admin and change the password of your user ID NEW: If you are an Administrator user, and are logged into Windows right now because your PC is setup to log you in automatically, but have forgotten your password in fact, and would now like to change it. well, Windows requires you to know the old one. However, there is a brute force way to reset the Administrator password. Open a Command prompt (START—> RUN—> then type “cmd” without the double quotes) and then type the following command:

net user username newpassword

Remember, if the username has spaces in it, then enclose it in double quotes, e.g.,

net user “Jackson” pulpypass

This would change Samuel Jackson’s password to pulpypass provided Samuel Jackson was an Administrator user.

Don’t have admin access? Well, you can get it if you wish by downloading a cool utility from Thomas Mathiesen to recover Windows password if you have forgotten it. Or, you could just download this program to reset Windows XP / 2000 / NT security if the Administrator password, secure boot password, or the key disk is lost. NTAccess can replace the administrator password of a Windows XP, Windows NT or Windows 2000 system by rebooting the computer with a special set of boot disks or CD-ROM (XP only). This is useful if you forgot the administrator password and cannot access the Windows XP/2000/NT system. Petter N Hagen has put together an Offline NT Password & Registry Editor, which is basically a single floppy or CD containing everything you need to edit the passwords on most Windows systems.

Do you have to reset your Reset Your Windows Vista Password but you really don’t know how to do this or what the best way of doing this is? If so, then I will help you with this so you’ll be able to reset your Vista password on the easiest and fastest way.

How To Reset Your Windows Vista Password Within Minutes…

In order to reset your Windows Vista password you can only do 2 things. The first option is that you fully re-install Windows Vista. However, while lots of people are saying that this is the best way, in my opinion it isn’t.

Why? Well, simply because there recently has been discovered a new and much faster way of resetting your vista password. How? By using a simple software program.

This program has been released a couple of months ago, and it’s getting more great feedback each and everyday. It is a real time saver!

But, how does it work?

Using A Simple Software Program To Automatically Reset Your Windows Vista Password

If you really want to save lots of your time, then it’s highly recommended to use this simple and automatic software program.

This is how it works:

1 – At first, it will start creating a bootable CD or USB from your windows files.
2 – Once completed, it will locate your system user.
3 – Once located, this program will then automatically reset your Vista password.
4 – After that’s done, you simply restart your PC and you’ll be able to login without using a password.

Easy isn’t? This is exactly how this software program works and it will only take a couple of minutes.

Why don’t you take a look at this software program? Visit: Password Resetter

So, in order to reset your Windows Vista password you can do 2 things. You either fully re-install your Windows Vista system. Or, you use a simple software program that will automatically reset your Vista password within minutes.

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Lost Your Windows Vista Password and now you can’t login anymore to Windows Vista? Do you want to reset your lost Windows Vista password so you can finally be able to login again?

If so, then I will help you to find out what the easiest, safest and fastest way is to reset your password. This way, you are able to login to Vista within minutes from now.

How To Reset Your Lost Vista Password Within Minutes From Now

While many people are saying that if you’ve lost your Windows Vista password that the only way to reset your password is to re-install Windows Vista are party right, but there’s a better way.

You see, when you are going to re-install Windows Vista, you’ll have to spend hours before everything has been completed. Therefore you might want to use an option that doesn’t take you hours, but minutes.

The fastest and easiest way to reset your lost Vista password, is to use a small yet powerful software program.

But, what kind of software program should you use and how will it reset your lost Windows Vista password?

Using A Software Program To Automatically Reset Your Lost Vista Password

Recently, there has been a new software program released called Password Resetter. This software program can help you to automatically reset your Windows Vista password.

Here’s how Password Resetter works:

1 – Password Resetter will automatically create your bootable USB or CD and it copies all your windows files.
2 – You start up the program and Password Resetter will locate your Windows Vista system user and it will start to reset your password.
3 – Once finished, Windows Vista will restart and you’re able to login without using a password.

This is how easily and quickly Password Resetter will automatically reset your lost Vista password.

Why don’t you take a look at this software program? Visit: Password Resetter

So, if you’ve lost your Windows Vista password, and you want to reset it then you can do 2 things. You either re-install Windows Vista which will take a couple of hours. Or, you use a simple and automatic software program that will reset your lost Vista password within minutes.

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Have you ever experienced Windows Vista administrator password forgot? Absolutely, there is nothing worse than forgot your Windows admin password when you have a great deal of work to do on your PC. Even though you can enter your computer with a standard user account, you still could not download anything and install programs on your PC. Therefore, how to reset or recover Windows Vista administrator password efficiently?

Here we will show the top three easy and efficient Windows Vista admin password recovery methods to anyone who have Windows Vista admin password forgotten issues.

Method 1: Reset Windows Vista administrator password on safe mode

Preparation Time: about 10 minutes
Pros: Simple and do not need third party tools
Cons: Need an available admin account on your Vista PC

You can reset Vista administrator password on command prompt with an available admin account to enter safe mode first. If you have another Windows Vista admin account, try these steps below:

Step 1: Press F8 when your Windows Vista PC is booting. You will come to the Advanced Boot Options. Then choose Safe Mode with Command Prompt and press Enter.

Step 2: Enter safe mode with an available admin account.

Step 3: Type “net user” and press Enter. The command prompt will show you all accounts on the Windows Vista PC.

Step 4: Type “net user Paul 123″ (Paul is the locked admin account’s name and 123 is the new password) and press Enter. Now you have successfully created a new password on the locked admin account.

Step 5: Type “shutdown -r -t 00″ and press Enter.

Your Windows Vista PC should be rebooted automatically and then you can logon Windows Vista with the new password.

Method 2: Recover Windows Vista administrator password with freeware

Preparation Time: More than 30 minutes
Pros: Free and do not need to change the forgotten password
Cons: The freeware should not work if the password is too long

Ophcrack is freeware for Windows password recovery. This software can help you to recover your forgotten Windows Vista admin password. So that you can regain access your admin account without changing the password.

Ophcrack is used to create a Windows password recovery disk. You need to boot your computer from the disk to recover your password. You can follow these easy steps:

Step 1: Download Ophcrack

Step 2: Burn a Windows password recovery disk with the freeware

Step 3: Recover the forgotten Windows Vista admin password with the disk

You can logon Windows Vista with the old password now.

Method 3: Reset Windows Vista administrator password with shareware

Preparation Time: less than 10 minutes
Pros: Fast and 100% reset the forgotten password
Cons: Not free

Windows Login Recovery is easy-to-use shareware to reset forgotten Windows password, including administrator password and other standard users’ passwords.

Unlike Ophcrack, Windows Login Recovery is designed to reset the forgotten password. No matter how long and how complicated the password is, this software can 100% reset the forgotten password in few minutes. All you need to do is just three steps:

Step 1: Download Windows Login Recovery

Step 2: Burn a Windows password reset disk with the shareware

Step 3: Reset the forgotten Windows Vista admin password with the disk.

These three Windows Vista administrator password recovery solutions are helpful for us to resolve the Vista admin password lost problem. Now, you are no more Vista admin password forgot matters.

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Forgetting your Windows administrator login password. With no way to get into the system, you can’t even perform basic maintenance, let alone a thorough tune-up. Formatting is always an option, but we consider that a last resort. (Plus, guess who’s going to have to help reinstall all the programs lost after a wipe?) But all hope is not lost. There are a few ways to actually retrieve a lost Windows account password. Read on, and we’ll show you the light.

1st Method:

The first thing which you check if you forget login password. When we install Windows, it automatically creates an account “Administrator” and sets its password to blank. So if you have forget your user account password then try this:

Start system and when you see Windows Welcome screen / Login screen, press ctrl+alt+del keys twice and it’ll show Classic Login box. Now type “Administrator” (without quotes) in Username and leave Password field blank. Now press Enter and you should be able to log in Windows.

Now you can reset your account password from “Control Panel -> User Accounts”.

Same thing can be done using Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show this in-built Administrator account in Login screen.

2th Method:

There are a lot of Windows password revealers and crackers available.

Windows password recovery tool:

but I’ve found that Windows Password Recovery Tool is the most effective.:
it not only supports XP, 2000, and NT, I have personally tested it with Vista Home Premium and Ultimate. It works perfectly to reset any local user account to a blank password.
http://www.windowspasswordsrecovery.com

You can use the ISO to burn a boot CD. Follow these instructions:

1. Download ISO file from http://www.windowspasswordsrecovery.com Windows Password Recovery Tool
2. Burn to a CD using a CD burning tool such as Nero or Roxio or MagicISO
3. Insert CD into drive and reboot.
4. You may have to select an option in the BIOS to get the computer to boot from the CD.

Booting up and clearing a password takes a minute or two works like a charm.

pwdump2:
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In that unpleasant event in your life, you sit down at your computer, and totally draw blank on your password. All hope seems to be lost without those crucial letters and numbers. But as luck would have it, there is still another way to help you out. Using a tool called chntpw, we can remove your passwords from any account. Details and Write-up tutorial on my website below. joshhouston.net Questions? Comments? joshhouston.net josh@joshhouston.net