its_hey_ma

So my computer crashed from a power outage (yeah, surge protector did nothing). I went to use the restore disk, but it asks for my administrator password. I don't remember having a password. I can start the computer in safe mode only, is there a way to find the password?

PC eye

Without a password originally assigned all you should have to do is simply press the enter key while leaving the password line empty. That would be the same way with the user account logon prompt with no password used. The only time any type of password recovery tool would be needed is if you knew for sure one had been but forgot to make a note of it.

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zaroba

a surge protector wont keep the pc running when the power goes out.
and when a computer suddenly gets shut off, stuff can get corrupted.

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its_hey_ma

ok, I figured out the password thing. Now I just get a C:\Windows screen and can type stuff in. Where do I go from there? I'm so lost on what to do to get this thing running again

shawn_selig29

you must of went to wrong spot....i got tricked to same try i tried to re-install but when to command prompt recovery, don't do recovery when it boots up cd...pres enter first to setup windows.....then it checks for windows already installed....then if found..u can press r on which one (if u have more then 1 os) to reinstall xp...good luck

PC eye

In case you are wondering the "Press R now to repair Windows" option brings you to the recovery console for entering different manual commands in order to correct problems there. The "Fixboot" and "Fixmbr" commands are commonly used when the master boot record(mbr) or boot sector information is somehow damaged or lost.

For the situation where no steps taken will restore Windows XP had added the newer repair install option in order to preserve the current files and folders as well as programs installed and still repair Windows itself. The detailed iinformation for this is seen in the article at http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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