[NFBCS] Clean install of Windows [was "RE: Has Anyone Ever Fixed This Themselves without Sighted Assistance"]

Tue Mar 8 00:34:10 UTC 2022

	Thanks, and completely understand the implied disclaimer.
	Regardless of what I do, Be My Eyes specialized support may be able to help me if I get stuck.

Nicole

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From: Christopher Chaltain [mailto:chaltain at outlook.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2022 4:10 AM
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Cc: Nicole Torcolini
Subject: Clean install of Windows [was "RE: [NFBCS] Has Anyone Ever Fixed This Themselves without Sighted Assistance"]

I'm kind of afraid to weigh in here and answer this question, but at least with Windows 10 and later a blind person can perform a clean install of Windows themselves. I think Cortana will get you started, but if not, control+Windows+enter will bring up Narrator. Of course, this presumes that you have some install media for Windows and you're able to boot from that install media, which may mean going into BIOS, which won't be accessible.

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Christopher (AKA CJ)
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From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Nicole Torcolini via NFBCS
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Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Has Anyone Ever Fixed This Themselves without Sighted Assistance

	In case people did not notice, it explicitly said no comment after the Windows 7 point; I should be able to provide debugging information without people making fun of me. Next time, I will be more blunt.
	As for clean install of Windows, can that be done without sighted help?

Nicole

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From: NFBCS [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Derrick Day via NFBCS
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2022 5:24 PM
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Yes, this is possible. There should be an option on the sign on screen that will allow you to log in with your Microsoft account. I have had to do this on multiple laptops. Then, it will let you change your password. I believe one of the laptops I have had to do this on was windows 7 but there is less people who have Microsoft accounts linked to windows 7 so you might still be out of luck. I would try to pull data off it and just clean install windows if that is the case because I have had little luck with recovery mode(the thing I assume you were referring to in your email). Also, maybe use something besides windows 7. 🤣
Thanks,
Derrick C. Day

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From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> on behalf of Nicole Torcolini via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 5, 2022 7:42:57 PM
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Subject: [NFBCS] Has Anyone Ever Fixed This Themselves without Sighted Assistance

            A while ago, I bought a new laptop. I set the password on it, but I cannot remember it. Luckily, it does not have any important information on it. I read how you can reset the password-you have to do something at start up with starting differently, etc. Has anyone ever had to reset their password this way, and, if so, were you able to do it without sighted assistance? The laptop is Windows 7 (no comment).

Nicole

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