Sys Recovery Question

[Guest]

Hey all! I am having some trouble trying to use the recovery console from a
Windows Xp Pro cd. It was a hard drive I got out of my old Dell machine, They
gave no help of course. I am somehow missing files on it so I was going to
try and recover them. It won't let me delete nor write over the existing
partition when I try to reformat. When I go and try to use the recovery
console off the cd, I need an admin password and since it's been so long I
have forgotten it. Is there any way to bypass this admin password or another
solution to try to reformat this hard drive? Thanks the help!!

 

[Guest]

Hey all! I am having some trouble trying to use the recovery console from a
Windows Xp Pro cd. It was a hard drive I got out of my old Dell machine, They
gave no help of course. I am somehow missing files on it so I was going to
try and recover them. It won't let me delete nor write over the existing
partition when I try to reformat. When I go and try to use the recovery
console off the cd, I need an admin password and since it's been so long I
have forgotten it. Is there any way to bypass this admin password or another
solution to try to reformat this hard drive? Thanks the help!!

From "http://www.theeldergeek.com"
Recovery Console Password-
On many XP installations you can't start the Recovery Console because it
won't recognize your password. This registry edit causes the Recovery Console
not to ask for a password. This works for both XP Home and XP Professional.
Start | Run | Regedit
Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole
Set the DWORD SecurityLevel value to 1
Exit Registry and Reboot

 

[Guest]

Thanks MAP, The only problem is though I can't start Windows. I am missing a
few random files. I am using the recovery console from the Windows Xp cd and
hoping that does the trick although I can't get pass the password. Is there a
way to get past that without entering Windows?
Thanks for the help!!

 

[Guest]

This has worked for me in the past
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
Good Luck

 

[Guest]

Awesome, Thanks a ton MAP!

This has worked for me in the past
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
Good Luck

 

[Guest]

Your welcome,but the thanks should really go to Michael Stevens.