Most, if not all, password reset options for windows, will not work if your hard drive is encrypted with Bitlocker/TrueCrypt.
You will need a USB flash drive or CD-R, and Hiren’s BootCD. Get it here http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/
Once your USB drive is bootable with Hiren’s, boot up from the flash drive and select Mini XP from the Hiren’s boot menu.
- In the bottom right in the taskbar, there is an icon called “Hiren’s BootCD Program Launcher”, Click it.
- Go to the Security / Encryption > TrueCrypt menu
- Click Select Device, and click your hard drive. It should be the C: drive.
- Select a drive letter, and click Mount.
- Click Mount Options
- Check the box that reads “Mount partition using system encryption without pre-boot authentication”
- Enter drive encryption password.
- Your hard drive will now be mounted as a new drive letter (temporarily)
- Go back to the Program Launcher, Passwords / Keys > Windows Login > NTPWEdit (Reset Xp/Vista/7 User Password)
- The NTPWedit will open with a default path to SAM file of C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SAM
- Change drive letter from C to whichever drive letter you selected to mount to, and click (Re)open.
- Your user names will be listed.
- Click your username, and Change Password.
- Set the new password, and Save Changes and Exit.
Crideted : qwerty
