To those of you who replied to my 1st post Thank you!! Now I have a different problem. My friend found my XP Recovery CD, I chose to repair my installation..It tells me the password for Administrator is invalid. I know it's not. So I tried using my husband's since he has administrative rights also, and it won't accept his either. Any suggestions as to what I can do? There's no question as to the passwords being incorrect, or not. They are... Thanks a bunch!!

If you are booting from the XP CD, why do you need the password. I'm guessing you are already in Windows.

Nope, not in anything..computer is a non-booter, lol. Windows will not load. Trying to recover my XP installation, without losing my precious data.

The "Administrator" password is not the personal password of any particular user even though they may have Admin privileges. The password you need is for the Administrator Account and if it isn't blank, was set during the original instal of windows. Try logging in with a blank password and see what happens. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and his wife will never forgive you.

I believe a recovery CD will erase your precious data - it depends on where you put it. If it's in "My Documents", you may be in trouble. The best thing to do would be to temporarily install your HDD in another computer as the slave, then move your data to the other HDD. Or if the other PC has a burner, transfer your data to a disc instead. If your stuff is indeed "precious", you should have been backing it up a long time ago. Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8 x 210MHz 512MB PC3200 Asus Ti4200 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro

I just tried logging in w/ blank password, still no go...

My data ia "precious"...and was in process of burning to CD when I had a power surge and half my house lost power including my computer. Turned it back on....Windows won't boot. But thank you for your input..lol