gregh

Got an eval laptop back from a punter, that he installed XP on, I don't know the password and he's on hols.

Is there a way to get in? the laptop doesn't have a floppy and I don't have an XP boot cd.

anyone got any ideas?

cheers,

greg

chiark

Greg what do you want to get in for? Easiest way to do it is take the drive out, put it in another machine and do what you need to it there.

snowcrash

have microsoft brought out a new console :O
"the new Microsoft XP Box..."
"the P stands for Professional.."

which means it can login to an Active Directory Domain and has networking support :P

gregh

I want to get in cos my laptop is broken and I want to rebuild this other one whilst I send mine off for repair.

greg

IWatkins

You are going to rebuidl it ? Do you need to save anything off the disc first ?

If not, just setup the laptop BIOS to boot from the CD first, before HD and put in your CD for which ever OS you are going to use.

Well, I know this works for NT4 and Win2000 CDs I have. (Not sure about Win 9x)

Cheers

Ian

father_jack

I think he probably wants the data.

Chiark - how is putting the drive in another machine gonna help?

[Edited by father_jack - 7/23/2002 11:00:49 PM]

darlodge

Gregh,

It really depends what you want to do.

1. If you want to rebuild the machine, then just whack in a Windows XP Installation CD and format the disk during the install

2. If you just want to access the data, do as Chiark said and place the hard disk from the laptop in a standard EIDE chain using a converter available from a hardware store

3. If you just want to gain access to the box then either wait until he returns or visit Here and download CIA Commander. A colleague of mine had to use it recently as he changed a password and forgot it. Doh

DISCLAIMER: STEP 3 IS ASSUMING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO THE MACHINE BY THE OWNER BEFORE HE WENT ON HOLIDAY

Darren

BigGT3Fan

Alternatively, can't you just do what I've done with Windows 2000 before (almost the same code, after all ;-) ) and install another 'instance' of XP on the machine and boot into that.

Simply use Partition Magic or the like to split the partition and install a new XP onto it, boot into that and you can access the old area...




Alex

gregh

the old re-install from bootable XP CD has worked, cheers!



Greg