Password recovery switches cisco

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Cisco 2950, Cisco 2960, Cico 3550, Cisco 3560 and Cisco 3750 series.
The only difference willbe for how long you will hold the mode button,
from my experience just try to hold it longer if it doesn’t work.
(It should be around 15 seconds for the 3750.)
Connect the PCto the console port
Settings:
• 9600 bits
• 8 data bits
• ‘none’ parity
• 1 stop bit
If the switch is powered on, power it off and press and hold the modebutton while you power on the switch again. Hold it for about 15 seconds until the SYS led is solid green, then release it.
The switch should then give you this prompt
switch:To initialize the flash file system, run the command
switch: flash_init
The switch will now print a bunch of messages about the flash memory, hopefully one of them will be‘done initializing flash’.
The next command is load_helper to load any helper images required by boot.
You can now list the contents of your flash by running dir flash:
Thereshould be a file named ‘config.text’, you can rename this file
switch: rename flash:config.text flash:oldconfig.backup
To further boot the switch run the boot command, this willstart the boot you are used to. When the switch is booted up, you will realize that the configuration is gone.. But you are enabled on the switch now.
To recover the oldconfiguration:
Switch#rename flash:oldconfig.backup flash:config.text
And now to replace the running configuration with the backup
Switch#copy flash:config.text running-configDestination filename [running-config]?
Press enter, and you will have your old switch configuration back and you are enabled.
Just remember to change your password now! [pic]