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win 2000 problem
Name: xzoomer Date: May 10, 2002 at 07:50:38 Pacific
Comment:
How i can get out my documents from harddrive, when i have lost my win 2000 passwords.
you can slave your hard drive off of another computer, that you can log on to, and access it's files that way. It will show up as another drive letter and you can browse to the files you want and access them.
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Response Number 2
Name: Jennifer Date: May 10, 2002 at 09:31:34 Pacific
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Or, you can hack into your system with one of the many tools available and reset your passwords.
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Response Number 3
Name: trvlr Date: May 10, 2002 at 15:38:44 Pacific
Reply:
As Mike suggests:
Slave the drive to another W2K system (or an NT4 with SP4 or later installed) and access data that way. You will still be left with problem of logging in to this system however...
To get around that irritation:
Whilst the drive is still 'slaved' locate and delete the SAM file (on your problem drive only!). Put drive back into its own PC and boot-up. You will get a fresh Admin. login; define/set your password (and maybe keep a note somewhere safe/secure). 'All' user account info will have to be regenerated for this installation; but at least you're back in.
SAM file is at:
winnt\system32\config
Be careful that you are accessing the winnt\system32\config on the drive you have slaved - not the parent/Master drive of the PC you are 'borrowing...'
Or as Jennifer suggests:
You can use one of various approaches to regain access - without slaving it to another system. The post below details various ideas; two cost only time/effort.
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