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Hi,
I have a computer that I bought at the beginning of high school and I have now graduated. The computer still contained all of my school information and had the tech login and I wanted a fresh start for my computer. I reset the computer using local reset without realising I needed the tech support password to log back in. I am unable to get into my reset computer and don't know what to do. I was have installed the windows 11 on a USB but don't know what to do from there or if that was even needed.
Have you already created a bootable Windows 11 USB on a flash drive using the official Media Creation Tool?
If so, you need to boot your PC from that to begin clean installing Windows, the method to boot from a USB varies from PC to PC, what is the make (Dell, Asus, Lenovo... etc.) of the PC you want to re-install Windows 11 onto?
I am making the usb flash drive now, and my computer is Lenovo think pad
Thank you for that information.
When you have created the bootable USB, insert it into your Lenovo laptop, then start your laptop and repeatedly press the F12 key on the Lenovo logo screen, that will bring up the temporary boot menu, where you can choose to boot from the USB.
Then start the instalaltion process, there will be a window where you can see the partitions on the internal drive, delete all partitions on the internal drive, ensuring you do not delete the partition in the USB, then select the resulting unallocated space and click Next to begin the installation.
thank you so much it started installing
