HOW CAN I START UP MY IMAC G5 IF THE PASSWORD HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN?

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HOW CAN I START UP MY IMAC G5 IF THE PASSWORD HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN?

I can't start up my computer as the password has been forgotten, I believe it is set up to open in OSX mode. I don't have the startup discs

iMac, Mac OS X (10.3.x)

Posted on May 4, 2012 3:24 AM

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Radiation Mac

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May 4, 2012 3:58 AM in response to barry hankinson

In your situation, without the Password, your only alternative, I believe is to boot from the Original Installation Disk in order to reset the Password. You will need to obtain the correct disk somehow so I would suggest starting with contacting Apple to see if per chance they still have whatever version of OS X shipped with your iMac (10.3.x ?) and will sell it to you. Otherwise you could try a place like eBay.

Hope this helps 🙂

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Answer 2

May 4, 2012 4:03 AM in response to barry hankinson

I stand corrected. I found the following article, which should hopefully solve your problem:

http://gigaom.com/apple/reset-os-x-password-without-an-os-x-cd/

Hope this helps 🙂

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Answer 3

May 4, 2012 10:35 AM in response to Radiation Mac

Thanks for all your help. Tried your artice which did open up the comptuer, but was unable to type anything! have managede to obtain a disc from Ebay. Will let you know of my success/failure on its arrival.

Regards

Barry

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