Ub3r Sold4t Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 well i installed a stupid program and it fucked up my boot.ini. i need to do a system recovery with my XP disk. only one problem... I dont know the administrative password. Is there any way i can "recover" it or reset it or anything? thanks for any help in advance.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Assuming you can get into windows right mouse click on "My Computer" > manage > Users and Groups > Set password for Administrator this requires to can boot into windows, and already have an admin account. You will also lose any encrypted files in the admin account but that won't be a problem because you would NEVER use the account "Administrator" for anything but system administration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ub3r Sold4t Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 wow! thank you so much! now lets see if this system recovery will restore the boot.ini correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 wow! thank you so much! now lets see if this system recovery will restore the boot.ini correctly. most of the time c:> fixboot c:> fixmbr will solve most problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ub3r Sold4t Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 ok. so for some reason the password wont work. Are you saying if i start with 98 in dos mode and type c:> fixboot c:> fixmbr it should do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 ok. so for some reason the password wont work. Are you saying if i start with 98 in dos mode and type c:> fixboot c:> fixmbr it should do it? no if you reset the admin password boot from the XP disk, start recovery mode, select the version of windows to want to repair (probably 1), then type in "fixboot", confirm yes, then type "fixmbr" and that will solve your problem most of the time. But what is the problem you're having? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ub3r Sold4t Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 for some reason when i change the password and i boot into recovery mode. type 1 and hit enter. the password is wrong still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 for some reason when i change the password and i boot into recovery mode. type 1 and hit enter. the password is wrong stilltry changing the password again make it blank this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ub3r Sold4t Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 just tryed that as i was waiting for a responce. no luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 What was your very first problem that lead you to think you're boot.ini is screwed over? And copy you're boot.ini here so I can take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ub3r Sold4t Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 i installed acronis boot loader. and it couldnt find my windows on my SATA drive. so used another drive as a master to delete the program. but when i started it still trys to load the boot loader. i went to change the boot.ini and when i opened it it was blank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 you can get into the OS right? how? Edit: question withdrawn Edit2: XP pro or XP home? Edit3: current fix sugestion if you can get into the recovery system run these commands fixmbr fixboot bootcfg /Rebuild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ub3r Sold4t Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 i'm pretty sure its pro EDIT yup. pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 current fix sugestion if you can get into the recovery system run these commands fixmbr fixboot bootcfg /Rebuild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ub3r Sold4t Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 thats the problem... i cant get into it because apparently the password wont change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ub3r Sold4t Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 well i suppose i got the boot thing figured out since it boots. but it still try's to start the acronis thing before it boots. i was wondering how i could get rid of that. would deleting all the registry entries do it? and it's been a while since i messed with the registy so how do i back it up just in case i mess up? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 hmm i dont understand at all :? so ur drive is dead coz it cant load? but u can load it and change ur password?... if u doing what i think u are, u have pluged in another HDD, and set it up to load? if so, is this drive still in when u boot to CD? edit: scrap that u got ur post in a few seconds b4 me. goto start > run > "msconfig" check under the startup tab. if its there ticked, then untick it. (this edits the reg and is a lot safer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ub3r Sold4t Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 msconfig was the first thing i tryed to get it to stop but it still tries to load it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ub3r Sold4t Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 well great. fucked that up. i tryed editing the boot.ini to boot vista off my second hard drive and now it wont even boot to xp. running my vista as my main drive right now because XP wont load. any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 use the vista boot manager? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ub3r Sold4t Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share Posted February 13, 2007 tryed Vista Boot Pro and when it tried to load it just went to a blank screen and locked up. EDIT: Forget it! i'll just take what i want from the old drive and then reinstal XP or Vista. ...then maybe get back to installing OSX... EDIT 2: wow this whole permissions thing is a bitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychokiller Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 i guess am too late to say this but use ERD Commander and chnge ur Administrator password and Do wtEver u want. 2nd Use PowerQuest BootLoader and Fix wt u have messed around with. 3rd Use the Traditional MBR fix from winXp ( u knw the pass nw) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ub3r Sold4t Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 thanks Psycho. you came a little too late, but i'm sure iot will happen again . so i'll keep that in mind for next time, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.