Re: Windows XP Recovery problem
- From: "philo" <philo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:58:46 -0600
"jack b" <jack b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,
After almost 3 years, XP Home on my Compaq Presario V4000T has a major
problem. I never set passwords for it, but now XP is asking for passwords.
I've googled multiple solutions, and downloaded ISOs such as ophcrack. All
the software claims the Administrator and user accounts have blank
passwords.
Even after resetting them outside of XP, the problem remains.
I have since downloaded rc.iso and a recovery ISO a friend uploaded, but
both do the same thing - it boots to CD, flashes "Setup is now
inspecting..."
for a second or two, the CD stops spinning, the HDD LED remains on, and
the
screen blanks. I bought a recovery CD from an authorized shop, and the
same
thing happened. I finally broke down and ordered one from HP/Compaq, and
when
it arrived, the same thing happened. Every place I've talked to tells me
to
just put the CD and hit R for recovery. It never even gets that far.
The HDD itself is fine. There are 5 partitions on it. The main XP,
Compaq's
recovery partition, Linux boot, Linux swap, and Linux root. I realize that
Compaq does not support Linux but I need to access XP on this machine. I
also
realize that by rewriting the MBR, I may have hosed my chances of
recovery.
I've tested the RAM and HDD and both test out fine, and the CD/DVD drive
reads and writes data just fine, so I know that's working too.
I was told by HP to press F10 repeatedly while booting, which only takes
me
to the BIOS. I was then told by HP to press F11 repeatedly while booting,
which does nothing.
If I take it to a shop, they'll charge me an arm and a leg, and might
possibly reformat the whole drive, which is not an option. I am not paying
$59 to Microsoft for email support. I'm not quite sure where else to turn.
Any ideas?
First thing I'd do is pop the HD in another machine and backup all your
data.
.
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