I took my laptop in to work last night, because it has old, valuable emails from my last team that I like to search through for information I forgot. Wireless off, never jacked into the network
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Possible resolutionkelaukeMay 14 2010, 05:37:57 UTC
So I'm a tech.. and see this all the time. Not seeing the laptop I csn;t give you the fix..but I can make some recommendations.
If using XP: power on computer > hit 'f8' until you get a 'safe mode' option > select 'safe mode' > log in as Administrator > go to 'start' > 'run' > type 'cmd' > type 'net user' (this will give you a list of users) > type 'net user PLACEUSERNAMEHERE *' > this will ask for new password, remember what you type > reboot > log in using said password.
If when you get to Administrator log in there's a password and you do not know what it is, windows may be corrupt and permanently inaccessible. Though, if your data is REALLY important.. You can bring it to a local computer shop and they will be able to do data backup or recovery on your drive and get it back for you.
Re: Possible resolutiontiff_seattleMay 14 2010, 05:49:32 UTC
if she is using xp, which i doubt, then the disk is almost assuredly not encrypted. bringing it to a local computer shop would be a waste of money when you could just pop the drive into another computer and grab the data. or better yet, just reset the local administrator account password.
Re: Possible resolutionkelaukeMay 14 2010, 05:54:47 UTC
And if your not a computer savvy person then taking a 2.5" HDD out of a laptop (and finding a 2.5" - 3.5" adapter if its ide) is not going to be simple. Plus, then the hdd needs to be connected internally to the computer (unless there's esata on the secondary comp of course, or unless you have a usb adapter)
The instructions are for logging into admin.. . AND changing the default user password.
Anyways, my point is.. I just read the link and offered advise assuming the poster may be a regular computer user.
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If using XP:
power on computer > hit 'f8' until you get a 'safe mode' option > select 'safe mode' > log in as Administrator > go to 'start' > 'run' > type 'cmd' > type 'net user' (this will give you a list of users) > type 'net user PLACEUSERNAMEHERE *' > this will ask for new password, remember what you type > reboot > log in using said password.
If when you get to Administrator log in there's a password and you do not know what it is, windows may be corrupt and permanently inaccessible. Though, if your data is REALLY important.. You can bring it to a local computer shop and they will be able to do data backup or recovery on your drive and get it back for you.
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The instructions are for logging into admin.. . AND changing the default user password.
Anyways, my point is.. I just read the link and offered advise assuming the poster may be a regular computer user.
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