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Reset Master Password on Snow Leopard with a Leopard DVD?
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<blockquote data-quote="Medoc" data-source="post: 1298506" data-attributes="member: 215485"><p>Hello everyone,</p><p></p><p>I did my best to search for an answer before posting and didn't find one.</p><p></p><p>My question is: Can I reset the master password for Snow Leopard using a Leopard boot disc?</p><p></p><p>Why am I doing this you ask? Well, I locked myself out of Filevault and can't login, and I've forgotten my master password. So I went to boot from my Snow Leopard DVD but my optical drive refuses to read it (no scratches). I tried my girlfriend's Snow Leopard DVD with the same result. So in a desperate attempt to unlock my MBPro I tried my old Leopard DVD - and voila, it worked.</p><p></p><p>Can I use it to reset my master password without causing new problems?</p><p></p><p>I intend to buy a new optical drive tomorrow since it refuses to read most other CDs and DVDs I have.</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance,</p><p>-Medoc</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Medoc, post: 1298506, member: 215485"] Hello everyone, I did my best to search for an answer before posting and didn't find one. My question is: Can I reset the master password for Snow Leopard using a Leopard boot disc? Why am I doing this you ask? Well, I locked myself out of Filevault and can't login, and I've forgotten my master password. So I went to boot from my Snow Leopard DVD but my optical drive refuses to read it (no scratches). I tried my girlfriend's Snow Leopard DVD with the same result. So in a desperate attempt to unlock my MBPro I tried my old Leopard DVD - and voila, it worked. Can I use it to reset my master password without causing new problems? I intend to buy a new optical drive tomorrow since it refuses to read most other CDs and DVDs I have. Thanks in advance, -Medoc [/QUOTE]
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