Recover Flash Drive Password

[tammyrosemaryn]

I have two san disk flash drives I have forgotten the passwords to.  Does anyone know how to recover these passwords.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[s3my0n]

Did you encrypt them or did it come with Windows software that asks you for password when you plug it in?

[Fur]

If the data was encrypted with Sandisk SecureAccess, there is little hope of recovering the contents.
SecureAccess uses 128-bit AES to encrypt the files, which is currently infeasible to crack with anything other than a brueforce attack (which will probably take a long time).

Edit:
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/01/05/flash-drive-manufacturers-warn-hackers-decrypt-secure-usb-sticks/

[tammyrosemaryn]

I didn't encrypt it.  I used the u3 software that was already on the flash drive.  I remember part of the password and I think I only used upper and lower case letters, no numbers or special characters.  Would that help?

[s3my0n]

If you didn't encrypt them, then just boot Linux through a live cd, mount the usb flash disks and remove the windows software that asks for the password.

[tammyrosemaryn]

I know how to boot Linux through a live cd, but after I mount the flash drives, how do I remove the windows software?  I'm not familiar with Linux.