Re: DESPERATE HELP!!!- XP SP2 install aborts, HP laptop doesn't boot

From: Bob Harris (rharris270[SPAM)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 07:49:30 -0500

On a major brand PC, the administrator password is usually not your
password, but the password of the first administrator who installed XP. In
your case that would be HP. Contact HP support and ask them how to access
the recovery console, or how to do a "repair" install (if supported by their
CDs). Avoid any offers to walk you through a full system restore (HP
restore, not XP restore), unless you want to lose all data and go back to
the day you bought the PC.

"Pradeep M." <Pradeep M.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0C600875-A902-4CCD-9FDF-F4EE2089036E@microsoft.com...
>I have HP notebook N5495. I did download windows xp servicepack 2.
> It aborted due to some registry access problems. It was supposed to
> uninstall itself but that failed. I tried to reboot and it does not reboot
> even in safe mode. It keeps on booting and booting and a blue screen
> quickly
> flashes which I can not read. I have xp professonal and tried to put CD
> and
> boot using that, to do recovery. The recovery consol asks for Admin
> password,
> but when I put password for my account which has admin previllages, it
> tells
> me that it is invalid and after 3 attempts it kicks me out. Microsoft
> could
> not help. I called and they said they have escalated this problem to
> another
> level. Any guru in audience? Please help.
> I do not want to loose my stuff on laptop.
> Email me at pmandlik@att.net as well.
>

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