

Depending on your model, you may need to use a recovery partition on the hard drive or a USB recovery drive.Once you have run HP System Diagnostics, you can try resetting the laptop.Choose either ‘Quick Test’ or ‘Extended Test’ and let it run its course.From there, select ‘Diagnostics’, then press Enter.Start by pressing F2 while booting up your laptop to enter BIOS setup.It can provide crucial information about the current state of the system and allow you to make changes that help with the reset process. System diagnostics is an important step when attempting to factory reset a HP laptop without an administrator password.

With these two steps complete, users can now successfully factory reset their HP laptop without an administrator password.

To do so, users must press certain key combinations while restarting their device in order to access this menu and get started with the resetting process. This will erase all personal data and settings stored on the device and create a fresh start with no administrator password needed. System restore requires users to access the Advanced Startup Options menu on their HP laptop in order to enter a clean slate state by restoring their computer's factory settings. After completing this step, users can move on to the second part of the process: system restore. If any issues are found, users should take steps to repair them before attempting a reset. Here, users should check for any corrupted files or malicious software that could be causing the problem. The first step of the process is to begin system diagnostics on the HP laptop.
