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Hello
I recently posted a message regading my System file failure which prevented me to boot my computer. Other users gave me a great tip from the following link: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545&Product=winxp
As i was following those steps, when I restarted my computer (booting from my Setup CD) and I went to the Recovery Console, for the first time it asked me type an Administrator password. the one I have for Windows did not work so I dunno if this is a default setting and for that it might have a default password.
I pressed ENTER without typing anything and still woudl not work.
Any ideas?
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I recently posted a message regading my System file failure which prevented me to boot my computer.
Curious, did any of the responses to your earlier threads below help?
XP Message 136465 (June 22, 2005)
XP Message 136690 (June 26, 2005)
i_XpUser
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Thank you XPUser for the links. You seem to recall everything that goes on here really fast:-)
The message # 136690 had an abrupt end:-( and your reference to #136465 gives me the context of ...690. for the very first time.
In ...465 Stuart had warned about the first "Repair Trap" and suggested very clearly to avoid that by those who have not created a Recovery Console previously and to access the second Repair Option to perform the painless "repair installation"! I guess that the First Repair option has led to this new issue.
Valid Admin password is the one created by the System administrator and by those very few who have been given such privilges by the Administartor.I believe Reinstall >Repair may be still possible.
M
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The Recovery Console in XP has a bug.... This causes it to repeatedly ask for a password regardless of what is entered.
See here for a previous R.C. posting by me
http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/133495.html
Good luck
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The problem with the Administrator Password doesn't arise if you install the recovery console to to hard drive. The Elder Geek has instructions on how to do it.
Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.
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Sc-Guy,
Is that not a "Prophylactic Regedit" in a System you can enter without hinderance from error messages & BSODs and access a Desktop>Start>Run> REGEDIT.Is this possible in a "moribund PC" which needs System Revived?
M
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Installing the Recovery Console would have to be done when the system is up & running. Once installed, you have the option to boot to the Recovery Console.
While this information may be presently of no use to Argentus, it is good information in terms of being prepared for future problems.
Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.
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hi,
thanks for all those comments. There are great tips.
however, I cannot access my computer at all so I cannot edit the registry.
So then I tried what it was suggested in thread 136465. That is to ignore the first R and go the install adn then repair from there. And then the computer restarted in Safe Mode which did not go well with the Setup process.
so at this point I can only get there and reboot teh computer.
I would like to avoid deleting all the files I have in my computer but if you guys think there is no other way for me to restart the computer safely (or how to get the files out) then I think I will have to reinstall windows.
is that right?
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I hope the Linux Experts here may be of some help in pointing to the exact method and steps to get Personal Data you may want to Recover from the HDD before Reformat & Reinstall.
I hope the Linux Gurus will stir me to the right path if I'm going astray in my suggestion to install SuSE Linux to a different partition if the original WinXP has FAT32 and then from Linux "desktop", access Windows Files and copy "My Documents" on to CDs and burn.
M
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thanks maadhurimn but I have the original WinXp in NTFS
I guess then there is no other way than reinstalling windows?
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I guess you have reached the end of the Trouble shoot Road with just that single turn> Reformat!
Good luck.
M
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I don't use Linux but only play with it. Not sure there is any reason to hate it.
I do know you can get Live linux CD's that can read your ntfs data and get your personal data off to a samba/nfs lan or even installed drives or maybe usb drives.
A ntbackup or some sort of image would have been great beforehand. There are things like Bart's or PE from MS that can boot or even a ntfs bootdisk or ultimate boot disk that may help.
Step one would be to get data off before it gets borked I would think.
Then step two would be to decide on how to repair.
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