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-**3.** With the switch in the powered down state, press and hold the MODE button (top left at the front for 3560x and bottom left at the front for 3560G) you need to hold this button in for 20-30 seconds.
+**3.** With the switch in the powered down state, press and hold the MODE button (top left at the front for 3560x and bottom left at the front for 3560G) you need to hold this button in for 60 seconds.
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 **7.** Again, from the <color #ffa500>switch:</color> console prompt, enter: \\
-<color #A020F0>boot - to start the switch booting up.</color>
+<color #A020F0>boot</color> - to start the switch booting up.
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 **8.** You should see an output on the console that starts like this:
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+**9.** Eventually you will see the following prompt:
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+<color #00a2e8>Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]:</color>
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+This is where you have a choice, if you do not care about the switch configuration, then you can say <color #A020F0>‘yes’</color> and enter the Cisco Switch Configuration wizard.
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+However, if you need to keep the existing switch configuration and just change the password, then you need to enter <color #A020F0>‘no’</color> at this point and carry on with this guide.
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+**10.** From the <color #ffa500>switch:</color> prompt, enter: \\
+<color #A020F0>en (for enable mode)</color>
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+**11.** From the <color #ffa500>switch:</color> prompt, enter: \\
+<color #A020F0>rename flash:config.old flash:config.text</color>
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+When you see this message <color #00a2e8>Destination filename [config.text]?</color> Just press enter.
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+**12.** From the <color #ffa500>switch:</color> prompt, enter: \\
+<color #A020F0>copy flash:config.text system:running-config</color>
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+When you see this message <color #00a2e8>Destination filename [running-config]?</color> Just press enter.
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+<color #ed1c24>Remember, at this point you have loaded the original cisco config, so the prompt name might change.</color>
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+**13.** From the <color #ffa500>switch:</color> prompt, enter: \\
+<color #A020F0>conf t</color>      (configure terminal)
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+**14.**	The <color #ffa500>switch:</color> prompt will now be <color #ffa500>switch(config)</color> prompt, from here we can change the password with:
+<color #A020F0>enable password cisco</color>
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+I am using ‘cisco’ as the password, you can use what you like, just don’t forget it.
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+**15.** From the <color #ffa500>switch(config)</color> prompt, type: \\
+<color #A020F0>exit</color>
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+To get back to the top level of the cisco menu, might have to do this twice.
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+**16.**	To save the configuration enter: \\
+<color #A020F0>wr mem</color>
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+Now when you try to enter the switch with: \\
+<color #A020F0>en</color>
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+You should be prompted for a password.
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