XP Crash and lost admin access

[Guest]

I had a power outage and my tower shutdown, on restart it wouldn't :-(
I used the XP disk and went to the repair console, I now have a duplicate
version of XP on my HD but can't access my original admin files, as obviously
I haven't logged in. If I go in to the repair console I can view my files and
can copy them but the repair console doesn't allow directory or wilcard
copies. Tried fixmbr and bootcfg/rebuild but to no avail.

Any help on how to batch copy, or get my original xp installation back
(think it's already gone though). Reformat is not really an option atm, but
copying 100,000 files one by one is not either. Batch copy would be a great
option just to get the files from "Documents and Settings" the software is
reinstallable.

Thanks in advance

 

[Nepatsfan]

I had a power outage and my tower shutdown, on restart it
wouldn't :-(
I used the XP disk and went to the repair console, I now
have a duplicate version of XP on my HD but can't access my
original admin files, as obviously I haven't logged in. If I
go in to the repair console I can view my files and can copy
them but the repair console doesn't allow directory or
wilcard copies. Tried fixmbr and bootcfg/rebuild but to no
avail.

Any help on how to batch copy, or get my original xp
installation back (think it's already gone though). Reformat
is not really an option atm, but copying 100,000 files one
by one is not either. Batch copy would be a great option
just to get the files from "Documents and Settings" the
software is reinstallable.

Thanks in advance

To recover the old files in "Documents and Settings" you need
to take ownership of the files. Take a look here for the
procedure:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&sd=tech

If you then decide to reinstall your software and abandon your
original XP installation, take a look here:

#20 I have two installations of XP on the same
partition........"
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html

How to remove a second installation of a Windows operating
system from a partition
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=888023

Nepatsfan

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the quick and really helpful advice. Just what I needed.
Kudos to you Nepatsfan

 

[Nepatsfan]

You're welcome. Glad to hear you've got that fixed.

Nepatsfan