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More info?)
If chkdsk is giving you errors I'd start looking at a failing hard drive as
being a possible problem.
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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
"procrastinator2k4" <procrastinator2k4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:9C2F4756-C2F4-4E7B-A639-17E18EBB4420@microsoft.com...
> thanks for the quick response. i did manage to recovery the
> administrator's
> password and was able to get to the windows recovery and did chkdsk. it
> tells me "the volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable
> problems"
> then i went to that other site where it tells me to delete the system
> files
> and copy over a fresh version and when i went to reboot, it asks me for
> the
> admin password again and says it's incorrect. tried changing it again and
> it
> wont work. did the exact same thing and it still tells me it's incorrect.
> anyways, thanks for all your help. i really appreciate it. i'm just
> gonna
> go and reinstall the OS.
>
> "Harry Ohrn" wrote:
>
>> This really sounds like it will be a challenge for you given that you
>> don't
>> have a Windows XP CD, you don't know the Admin password, etc. Is the
>> system
>> still under warranty? If so contact the vendor. The problem could be
>> hardware related.
>>
>> You need to access the Recovery Console and you might need to reset the
>> Admin password. So try the following 2 tools.
>> www.webtree.ca\windowsxp\tools\ntpassword\ntpasswordhack.zip This will
>> enable you to create a bootable CD that will assist you in removing the
>> Administrator password
>> www.webtree.ca\windowsxp\tools\bootdiscs\xp_rec_con.zip This will enable
>> you
>> to create a bootable CD that gives you access to the Recovery Console
>>
>> These ISOs must be burned to individual CDs using the instructions like
>> those found here
http://iso.snoekonline.com/iso.htm
>>
>> Once you have the Recovery Console running type
>> chkdsk /r
>>
>> chkdsk might find and repair problems with your hard drive that could be
>> causing your problem. See here for more info on the Recovery Console
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314058 If you
>> can't
>> get into the Recovery Console due to the Admin password issue then use
>> the
>> ntpasswordhack from the first d/l
>>
>> Try here for info on accessing the Registry via the Recovery Console to
>> see
>> if you can manually repair it
>>
http://www.digitalwebcast.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=8658
>> --
>>
>> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
>> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>>
>>
>> "procrastinator2k4" <procrastinator2k4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> in
>> message news:364A9301-E45D-4B4F-99BA-03CF7DB11163@microsoft.com...
>> > laptop starts up, get to the win xp splash screen with the moving bar
>> > at
>> > the
>> > bottom and then it blinks as if it's going to load up windows and then
>> > the
>> > laptop restarts again. i've tried booting to safe mode, last known
>> > working
>> > window config, all of it but it just keeps rebooting. Tried booting in
>> > safe
>> > mode, it got as far as loading driver "atisgkaf.sys", then rebooted.
>> > xp home came pre-loaded so i dont have the start up disk. i tried
>> > doing
>> > the
>> > windows recovery but it asks me for the administrator's password but i
>> > never
>> > set one and when i try to use the blank default, it says incorrect.
>> > also, this laptop does not have a floppy drive. just a cd drive.
>> > thanks
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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