How to recover my macbook pro system password

how to recover my macbook pro system password??

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    You need to call AppleCare.

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  • HOW TO RESET MY MACBOOK PRO MD976 AS I WANT TO DELETE ALL DATA FROM MACBOOK

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                  on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
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              5. Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
              6. Quit DU and return to the Mac OS X Utilities window.
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              8. Upon completion shutdown the computer.
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  • How can I connect MacBook Pro OSX 10.5.2 to G3 Lombard (bronze) OSX 10.1.5?

    Can anybody please tell me in simple terms how to connect my MacBook Pro OS X 10.5.2 to my G3 Lombard (bronze keyboard) laptop OS X 10.1.5 so that I can share files. I wish to drag files from the old G3 computer's hard drive into the hard drive of the new MacBook Pro as well as search the old hard drive from the MacBook Pro. I have an ethernet crossover cable as well as regular ethernet cables. Can I connect the computers directly, or should I disconnect my Linksys router from the modem and connect the computers through the router via ethernet?
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    On the \[10.5.2] Mac that wants to mount the Shared Volumes:
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    You have made no changes or compromises to your 10.5.2 Mac, so no Undo is necessary to take it back to work on Monday.
    Message was edited by: Grant Bennet-Alder

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    Which OS X is installed on your Mac ?
    Click the Apple () menu top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac.
    The version is noted there.
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