Can I retrieve password for migration assistant

I want to migrate from my old PC to Mac, but when I type in my password.  Mac won't let me.  Is there a way to retrieve my password for migration assistant?

Pondini wrote:
Shootist007 wrote:
If you didn't use the exact same user name and password that was on your PC on your Mac then MA will create another user on the Mac, making it harder to get to your Data.
Not so.
If you use Setup Assistant on your Mac when it first starts up, whatever you transfer to your Mac will be in a single user account.
If you use Migration Assistant later on, whatever you transfer will go into a new user account.
See OS X Lion: About Windows Migration Assistant for details.
Excuse me you just stated the same thing as I did, that was After you said Not So.
What did you think the letters MA meant.

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