don't have an adminstrative password help!

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From: ty104 (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 08:01:06 -0800

My computer is asking for an admin password to repair xp. I don't have one...dell installed it and they are saying in order to fix the problem (instead of giving me a password) they have to reinstall and lose all my files. What do i do?

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