I have forgotten my user password on an old laptop I haven't used for ages I believe I can change this in DOS and have seen seen several videos on youtube on how to do this. In order to do this I have to boot the laptop up in DOS, I have created a bootable USB stick using RUFUS. I have changed the BIOS settings so that the laptop boots up in DOS and it does so.
After booting in DOS I am left in the C root directory. When I perform a dir command I see a number of files (autoexecbat etc) and one directory called Locale. I do not see the Windows directory so I have fallen at the first hurdle. It is as though the Windows directory is hidden from me so I cannot access it. I have tried searching on the www for various ways to un-hide the directory to no avail.
If I restart the PC and let it start up in Safe mode I can see various drivers etc (?) being loaded from the Windows/system32 directory and indeed I am left at the Windows 7 login window but of course I can't go any farther as I've forgotten my password! Would seem to indicate the Windows directory is there - but I cannot see it or access it. Any help appreciated.
