Re: recovery console

Gerry,

I run AVG's full suite of programs. It gets updated daily and I run scans
at least once a week.

Michel

"Gerry" wrote:

Michael

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

Have you updated and run full scans?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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mjt_cgc wrote:
In the past I've periodically run chkdisk /F from the command prompt
and then rebooted the computer to allow chkdsk to run it's routine.
For some reason this no longer works. Now when the computer reboots
and chkdsk starts I get a message that chkdsk was cancelled.

After reading posts on forum about this issue, it appears that the
best solution is to boot from the XP install cd and run the recovery
console. No problem.....I can boot from the cd and get to the
recovery console. But, a new issue as arisen: I'm asked for the
administrator's password. Since I am the only one using this
computer, and, I am the administrator with a password, I enter my
password. But, I get an error message that the password is wrong.
Next I tried entering "no" password. That did not work either.
Finally, I canceled the the setup routine, booted back into windows
normally, used the control panel to delete my administrator password.
But, when I again boot from the cd the same problem arises. Windows
wants a password. Again, I am the administrator, I can create and
delete passwords. But, I cannot use the repair console with or
without the password used by XP. What next?
thanks, Michael



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