Create a password reset disk in Windows 7

When you assign a password to your user account, you have the option of creating a password hint. If you enter an incorrect password then Windows 7 will display the password hint. As a good practice, create password reset disk to retrieve the password in case you are unable to make use of the password hint or you had not entered the password hint. You can create a password reset disk on a floppy disk or on a USB flash drive. Perform the following steps to create the password reset disk:
1. Click the Start button and then click Control Panel.
2. If the View by: is Category then click on User Accounts and Family Safety and then click User Accounts. If the View by: is Large icons or Small icons then click on User Accounts.
3. From the left pane, click Create a password reset disk to open the Forgotten Password Wizard.
4. On the Welcome to the Forgotten Password Wizard page, click Next, specify the location of the floppy disk or USB flash disk, click Next.
5. On the Current User Account Password page, enter the password that you use to login to your computer and then click Next.
6. Once you see 100% complete in the progress bar, click Next. On the Completing the Forgotten Password Wizard page, click Finish.