Locked out without cd

[Slimjim1234]

Hi,

I've been given a laptop by a friend which has windows 7 and I set up a password for the user account. Next time I open up the laptop my user account name has been replaced by uuid: 100000000-0000-000 etc and my password no longer works. My friend said this had happened to him previously when he had tried to put a password on. Now I have no access to the laptop and I don't have the cd to help either. Any ideas on what to do? I don't have any data on the computer so if there was a way I could somehow do a full reboot that would be fine. All the videos I've watched on YouTube require access to the computer to do a restore. And could I use any old windows 7 installation cd, or would it have to be the original one that was used to set up this particular computer?

Cheers

 

[TerryNet]

If the gift did not include a way to install or image Windows 7 you may need to buy an operating system or try a free one (Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu). Or, you may be able to buy a set of Recovery DVDs from the PC manufacturer for a reasonable price.

 

[flavallee]

What's the brand name and model name and complete model number of that laptop?

What's the version of Windows that's on its Certificate-Of-Authenticity sticker?

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[Slimjim1234]

Thanks guys.
Terrynet, no nothing like that. If I get say Ubuntu on a cd (if that's how it works) could I just put the cd in the laptop and that will just open a completely separate thing and bypass my issues with windows 7?
And flavallee, it's an Acer Aspire 5750g. Sticker says Windows 7 Home Prem OA.

Cheers

 

[TerryNet]

Ubuntu requires a DVD (or USB flash drive) now. To use a CD you'd need Ubuntu from about five years ago. Puppy Linux, and I guess some other small Linux distributions, still fit on a CD.

You can boot to it and run most Linux distributions as a "Live CD" (or a DVD or flash drive) or you can install it.

 

[flavallee]

flavallee, it's an Acer Aspire 5750g. Sticker says Windows 7 Home Prem OA

The Acer Aspire 5750G laptop comes with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

If you have a disc with that same Windows version, and if the 25-character product key on the COA sticker is readable, you should be good to go to do a clean reinstall in it.

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