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How to reset Netscreen Device to factory default

The purpose of this document is to provide you with a short document to reset a NetScreen 5XP to factory default. It's not my intension to replace any official document or release notes. There are a couple ways to do this, but I like the straight forward to run this task on the terminal.

How to perform ScreenOS Upgrade on Netscreen-10

The purpose of this document is to provide some basic steps to upgrade NetScreen-10. To upgrade the NetScreen via Boot/Diag mode, the ScreenOS image to be upgraded to must be stored on a TFTP server. The NetScreen should also have a direct Ethernet connection with that TFTP server via TRUSTED Interface

How to recover Password on Netscreen-10

Resetting the password on Netscreen-10 requires ScreenOS 2.61 and above. If your Netscreen runs 2.60, you will have to send the unit to Netscreen (or better said, Juniper). Netscreen is now part of Juniper. I've bought myself a Netscreen via eBay and figured out, that ScreenOS 2.6.0r1.1 runs on the box, and of course, no password was available.