(Urgent) Missing Password File !

Hi Fellows,
My password file is lost and I have a offline backup of the
database but not the password file. I have restored the database
but when I start it up it says.
ORA-01991: invalid password file 'D:\Oracle\Ora81
\DATABASE\PWDsid.ORA'
if any body knows how to solve this please let me know.
I will appreciate sooner reply.
Thanks in advance

Run the orapwd program.

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