Re: Bad XP problem

From: Eugen T (viperz_at_nomorespam.com)
Date: 08/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 00:57:07 -0400

Why don't you just stick this drive as a slave drive in another machine and
then just copy the files that you want?

"JURB6006" <jurb6006@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040823215549.20025.00001576@mb-m25.aol.com...
> 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