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cant reinstall ubuntu 10.10

Asked by Louzett

installed ubuntu 10.10 on my HP system forgot my user password, tried to reinstall ubuntu 10.10 and it wont allow me to install operating system over existing one but there is no operation system available?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Boot to root recovery mode and run:
passwd foo

replace foo with your username. E.g.
passwd andy

And then reboot with:
reboot

You can now log in as foo with your new password.

FYI. Hardy desktop support ends when Natty is released on 28th April 2011, so I suggest you clean install at least Lucid if you want continued support

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Thomas Krüger (thkrueger) said : 		#2

At the GRUB boot loader choose recovery mode. (You might have hold down Shift to while booting to get there.)
When a menu open choose the option to go to the shell.
On the shell type:
passwd <username>
(replace <username> with you username)
If you don't you user name run:
getent passwd

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