Burhan Cheema 1

CCIE#44786

Password recovery of CISCO catalyst switches 2950,2960,3550,3560,

1. Unplug the power cable.

2. Hold down the mode button while replugging the power cable.

3. Type flash_init over the console.

4. Type load_helper

5. Type Dir flash :

//make sure to type the semi-colons

6. Type rename flash:config.txt flash:config.text.old

//the password is contained in the config.txt file

7. Type boot

//this reboots the system

8. Type n to skip the initial setup configuration.

9. Type enable

//this takes you to the enable mode

 Burhan Cheema 2
CCIE#44786

10. Type rename flash:config.old flash:config.txt

11. Save config.txt to system:

#copy flash:config.txt system:running-config

12. Enter config mode and change the password:

# config t

# no enable secret

//this applies only if the enable secret password was created

13. Finally, write the changes to memory:

# write memory