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Raspberry Pi reset - so it works

  • Oct 25, 2025
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If you have problems with your Raspberry Pi, it often helps if you reset the small Computer. For details on the procedure, we will show you in this practical tip.

Raspberry Pi: Reboot

Most of the problems in the System with a reboot to fix. Before you set up your System so, you should try a restart.
  1. Open the Terminal of your Raspberry Pi.
  2. Start your System with the command "sudo shutdown-r 0" new.
Raspberry Pi reset

Raspberry Pi: reset password

If you have forgotten the password for your Raspberry Pi, you need to reset the whole System. With a few simple steps you can change your password again:
  1. Note: you must have physical access to your Raspberry, to be able to change the password.
  2. Remove the SD card with the operating system of your Raspberry and you open the card on your PC with a card reader.
  3. You can open the Editor in the folder "boot" in the file "cmdline.txt".
  4. Insert at the end of the first line of the entry "init=/bin/sh".
  5. Now, insert the SD card back in the Raspberry and you start this with a keyboard and screen.
  6. Now enter "mount-o remount,rw /" and then "passwd pi". You will be prompted for a new password for the user "pi" is entered twice.
  7. Finally, you must run the commands "sync" and "exec /sbin/init".
  8. You can turn off your Raspberry Pi and in step four inserted row to remove.
  9. Upon bootup, you can login now with your new password.

Raspberry Pi: operating system reset

If none of the above tips helps, you can not get around a new Installation of the operating system:
  1. Install the operating system on your Raspberry Pi.
  2. Later on, the fresh operating system to quickly restore to be able to, we advise you to Backup to create.
  3. This you can play quickly back.
How to make your Raspberry Pi update, we show you in our next practice tip.

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