Bringing your laptop to a technician or service center can be time-consuming and expensive. Thankfully, there are many simple ways for you to reset your laptop without the help of a professional. Try our top 5 solutions on how to restore ASUS laptops to factory settings without disc. These methods work well on most ASUS models with Windows 7/8/10.
How to Unlock ASUS Laptop (Forgot Password)
One way to recover access to your ASUS laptop if you forgot the password is to restore it to factory settings.
1 How to Unlock ASUS Laptop (Forgot Password)2 Solution 1: Factory Reset ASUS Laptop with Boot3 Solution 2: Factory Reset ASUS Laptop with Partition Data4 Solution 3: Factory Reset ASUS Laptop with Windows Recovery Environment5 Solution 4: Reset ASUS Laptop with Built-in Administrator Account6 Solution 5: Reset ASUS Laptop by Recovering Microsoft Password Online7 Conclusion
However, doing so will cause all your files, including documents, images, videos, and software, to be erased. If you don’t have a recent backup of your laptop, you can risk losing a lot of important data. If you’ve backed up your laptop or don’t mind losing data, you can proceed with Windows 10 / Windows 8 / Windows 7 Factory Reset ASUS.
Solution 1: Factory Reset ASUS Laptop with Boot
This is a similar fix to the Hard Reset we recommend if your ASUS laptop won’t turn on (though of course a normal hard reset does not remove all files).
Solution 2: Factory Reset ASUS Laptop with Partition Data
You can also access your ASUS laptop without a password by resetting your laptop to factory settings using partition data. However, be cautious of this method as it will completely wipe the data on your system.
Solution 3: Factory Reset ASUS Laptop with Windows Recovery Environment
Using Recovery Manager is one of the easiest ways to reset your ASUS laptop. This method will completely restore your laptop to factory settings, meaning that your original operating system will be reinstalled, and all your apps and data will be removed.
Solution 4: Reset ASUS Laptop with Built-in Administrator Account
If you don’t want to factory reset your laptop, it’s possible to reset your laptop’s password using the built-in administrator account if you haven’t set a password on it. You will then find the built-in administrator account on the log-in screen. With this account, you will be able to reset any user account password without a problem.
This method requires the keyboard to be working, if the keyboard is not responding then check out our guide on fixing an ASUS laptop keyboard that is not working (Window 10 and others)
Solution 5: Reset ASUS Laptop by Recovering Microsoft Password Online
If you don’t want to reset your ASUS laptop, but you can’t remember your password, you may be able to recover access to your laptop if you have a Microsoft account.
Conclusion
If you forgot the password to your ASUS laptop, there’s no need to panic! There are several easy ways to recover access to your user account by resetting your laptop password or restoring to factory settings. Note: We also have an ASUS guide to fix the CPU Fan Error ASUS on Boot Issue. Check it out! If you do not want to wipe your laptop’s data, reset your ASUS user login password through the built-in administrator account or the Microsoft account services. To reset your ASUS laptop to factory settings without a password, you may do so with:
Boot
Partition Data
Windows Recovery Environment
We hope this article helped you recover access to your ASUS laptop. Once you regain access, you can test it using our guide on how to take a screenshot on a ASUS laptop. Good luck!
