Computer Keeps Rebooting With Chkdsk, Then Crashes, Reset Admin Password

[Karl Burrows]

I am helping a friend fix their WinXP Home Edition computer at his house.
Every time he boots his computer, he gets a notice that there may be a disk
error and it needs to run chkdsk. It goes through the first level check,
starts the second then crashes. There is a very quick BSOD, then the
computer reboots. If I skip the chkdsk message, Windows will boot normally.

So, I figured I would boot to WinXP CD, go into Repair mode and do a chkdsk
/r. Of course, they do not have their original admin password (you would
think they would make the mistake 99.99% of people do and leave it blank!),
so the computer will not let me login to run the repair. And, again, XP
Home does not show the admin user account and does not have the user info in
the management console.

First, do you think chkdsk /r will fix the problem or there other issues?
Second, how can I set and admin password to run the repair?

Thanks!

 

[Adm C]

Boot up on the XP CD and go as if you were doing a fresh install

There should be an option at some point to REPAIR the current installation
(NOT the recovery console method).

That should not require the admin password.

Adm C

I am helping a friend fix their WinXP Home Edition computer at his house.
Every time he boots his computer, he gets a notice that there may be a disk
error and it needs to run chkdsk. It goes through the first level check,
starts the second then crashes. There is a very quick BSOD, then the
computer reboots. If I skip the chkdsk message, Windows will boot normally.

So, I figured I would boot to WinXP CD, go into Repair mode and do a chkdsk
/r. Of course, they do not have their original admin password (you would
think they would make the mistake 99.99% of people do and leave it blank!),
so the computer will not let me login to run the repair. And, again, XP
Home does not show the admin user account and does not have the user info in
the management console.

First, do you think chkdsk /r will fix the problem or there other issues?
Second, how can I set and admin password to run the repair?

Thanks!

 

[Karl Burrows]

I'm sorry, I meant the recovery console to do the chkdsk /r.

 

[BigB]

Try this boot-disk: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ - it let me
reset the password on a friend's machine last week.

Got the link from Petri's Excellent site MCSEworld:
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

Cheers,
BigB