I need to start all over again! Help...

So, somehow or other, I still haven't quite figured out how, I have completely lost my Admin Password. My mac refuses to allow me to create a new password on the OSX disc; it tries to launch and then fails and shuts down.
I haven't been able to update in a month or so and now everything's starting to fall apart.
I need to go back to factory settings and start all this over again. How do I do that? ....y'know, without using the password that I don't have!

Hi Little K-
This explains how: Mac OS X: Changing or resetting an account password
Luck-
-DP

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