Re: Bad XP problem

From: Bob Urz (sound_at_inetnebr.com)
Date: 08/24/04

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    JURB6006 wrote:
    > This has to do with a lost admin password in XP. The PC won't boot, it locks
    > before even running GUI. There are alot of important files in a private folder,
    > stuff the guy would pay money to recover. Without the admin PW we can't repair
    > the OS with the XP CD, and we were the ones who put it in. It's possible that
    > the SAM files are corrupt.
    >
    > I wasn't that confident that anything would work, but I've tried installing a
    > fresh boot HD and loading it fresh with XP, cloning the drive and then letting
    > XP install over itself, but loading from either it won't give me access to the
    > protected files for the owner's account. We know the PW for that account, but
    > the admin, when you go into safe mode, well I PW protected that as well. (few
    > people know you can do that)
    >
    > I've read that the NTFS doesn't help either, and when I go to access that
    > directory it gives a MB beep. Doesn't sound promising.
    >
    > Could I possible copy the SAM files to the clone, which boots ? Then I could
    > maybe use the original login. Another possiblility would be a registry merge.
    > Do you think any of this might work, or am I just fucked ?
    >
    >
    > FYI, the PC is : P4 2600HT on an Asus MB with 512MB and 2 80GB Maxtors, a
    > Plextor DVD burner and a region/authentication free DVDROM, authentic ATI
    > Radeon 7500 (64MB) w/TV tuner and vid and SVID outputs. The Asus has onboard
    > netcard and Ali sound. Once it's up and running I'm adding a Firewire card,
    > which is one of the few things other than RAID which this MB lacks. Even so,
    > there's about $1000 tied up in this box, about a year ago. It might be worth
    > saving. :)
    >
    > Thanks in advance for any help.
    >
    > JURB

    http://kennethhunt.com/archives/000640.html

    If that don't work, just google "XP password crack"

    Bob

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