Forgot master password, how do i retrieve it? HELP

I made a master password back in 2009 and I cant remember it, how can i retrieve or create a new one?? Help Please !

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Hi -
I am embarrassed, mortified, and humbled about having to post this because it's not about 'someone I know' but about something careless that I did.
This morning, I set up a second account with File Vault on my MBA (Late 2010) to keep sensitive files in it. While setting it up, I set a Master Password which I hadn't enabled before this morning. I used the password generator and used one that I dutifully copied on the clipboard with the intention of IMMEDIATELY copying it into my 1Password app. Then I set up the second account with File Vault.
Well, of course, something distracted me, I habitually copied something else on the clipboard, and I lost the Master Password from my clipboard. (I know, I've been kicking myself ever since...)
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See this thread:
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5822772
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I forgot my master password and want to reset it, how can i do that?
I dont have firevault on and I know my account pass

Hi! Boot from the install disc and reset it there. Tom
1. Put your Mac OS X Install CD or DVD in your optical drive and restart with the C key held down (to boot from the optical disc).
2. Click through the language selection screen. Then choose Utilities > Reset Password.
3. Select your usual startup disk. Then, from the pop-up menu below the volume list, choose the user whose password you want to reset. (Do not choose "System Administrator (root)," which represents an entirely different account!)
4. Enter (and repeat) a new password, and optionally enter a hint. Click Save, and then click OK.
5. Choose Reset Password > Quit, and then Installer > Quit Installer. Click the Reset button to restart from the hard disk.
Once you've done this, you'll still be prompted to enter a password for your login keychain. If that password was the same as your login password - meaning it too is forgotten - you'll have to delete that keychain, make a new one, and set that keychain as the default.

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