Delete the password - Time machine problems

[MacAodh]

Hi all,
Slight wopsie, I got a new hard drive today, put it in, formatted it and put leopard on it. I then rebooted from my time machine back up, all groovy untill it finished and began logging in. The password field came up and when i entered my password it didn't work. I entered my last password and that didn't work... I now have no idea what to try and am out of options... and want to mess with new hard drive!!!

P.S. I didn't have a password, it was just a blank field.

Any help would be really great...

 

[NP3]

Do you have your leopard install disk still? You could just boot off of it and reset the password.

 

[MacAodh]

Do you have your leopard install disk still? You could just boot off of it and reset the password.

That could work, how do i do that?

 

[MacAodh]

Ok, Increase in the problem. It won't restart with the leopard dvd. I've tried three times holding down C but to no avail. It just doesn't want to.... Any thoughts?

 

[MacAodh]

Yet more information if anyone can help. When it restarts it goes straight to password field rather then the start up screen with the progress bar.... Or is that gone a while???

 

[NP3]

try holding down option when it starts up, and clicking on the leopard disk to boot off of that way.

Your startup keys might be disabled (thus the c-key not working)

What's your computer specs?