First a disclaimer: I've never restored my Ledger Nano using the 24 recovery words.
So I reinstalled Ledger Live. I open it and go to "restore device from recovery phrase"
I don't think you have to restore your Ledger. If you only forgot the password on your computer, and still know the PIN code to your Ledger, the device itself should still be fine. It still holds your keys.
all I the option I have are:
"bitcoin" (that's for accessing the wallet which I lost the password to), "install app", and "control center", which has the following settings menu:
General (nothing useful there), and Security (Change PIN, passphrase[attach to pin, set temporary], auto lock, reset pairings, reset all).
This sounds like a normal working Ledger.
I'm guessing maybe I need one of the reset options?
I'm definitely not pressing anything that says "reset" before I'm sure what they do exactly.
Wise decision. Never do anything until you're sure.
maybe I'm supposed to start with "set up as new device" instead of "restore device from recovery phrase"?
It's not a new device, for which you'd start with setting up 24 new words. But there must be a way to connect an existing Ledger to a new PC, and that's what you should use.
The support on the ledger website is useless.
Does this help?
Set up Ledger Live on another device