Thanks Michael-
If worse comes to worst, I might try this. I've sent Dell a request also, so
if they give me an answer, I'll post here also.
Lou G
"Michael" wrote:
Quote:
> Lou,
>
> Never tried this so only a suggestion.
>
> Empty the flash drive (copy its stuff somewhere first!)
> Make the password reset disk on the flash drive (I have read that even
> though the option is there it doesn't actually work - just rumor)
> Copy the flash contents to a CD label it carefully and store in safe place.
>
> When needed, copy the CD back to the flash, use the flash as the 'password
> reset disk'.
>
> My solution was to get a floppy drive for my machine (Dell) that did not
> come with one.
>
> Be sure to try out the 'reset password' operation before you really need it!
>
> Michael
>
> "lou g" <loug@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news
2077C41-7F31-4E70-93C8-ACD7E1D9ABE6@xxxxxx Quote:
> > I've read as many posts as possible as I'm having a similar problem. I
> > have a
> > Dell with Vista installed. When I try to create the password disk, it only
> > recognizes the USB drives, not the 2 cd/dvd drives. As I've read in other
> > posts, if one creates it in a USB, then copies it to a cd, Vista won't
> > recognize it. I don't want to waste a flash drive just for this. Any
> > suggestions?
>