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Hi;

I am using 'XP Professional' and I am finding it difficult to fix the 'ntldr
missing' problem. The pc stops booting as it is not finding the 'ntldr'. I
know that by booting from the 'xp' disk I can fix the problem but in order to
fix the problem with the 'xp' disk I need the 'Administrator Password', which
I do not know.

I would like to know if there is a way of recovering or changing the
administrator password from the command prompt. (as my friend gave a disk
that can take me directly to the command prompt without any problems.)

Thanks Very Much for your help,
Ludwig
 
Gilumar said:
Hi;

I am using 'XP Professional' and I am finding it difficult to fix the
'ntldr
missing' problem. The pc stops booting as it is not finding the 'ntldr'. I
know that by booting from the 'xp' disk I can fix the problem but in order
to
fix the problem with the 'xp' disk I need the 'Administrator Password',
which
I do not know.

I would like to know if there is a way of recovering or changing the
administrator password from the command prompt. (as my friend gave a disk
that can take me directly to the command prompt without any problems.)

Thanks Very Much for your help,
Ludwig
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HI,

Are you sure that a password has been set? Try running without using a
password and see if that works.
 
You might want to try this.....

Boot your pc from XP cd and choose repair system
type 1 for C:WINDOWS
once there, type FIXMBR and press <enter>
System warns if you want to continue, press Y for yes
after is done type EXIT
reboot pc normally

If this doesn't work.....

Follow the same steps and once in prompt (1= C:WINDOWS)
copy the following files by typing the following:
copy d:\i386\ntldr c:\
copy d:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

(Where d: is your cd-rom drive where XP cd is inserted)

After these it should be working great....post back with results or
questions, hope this helps.

JR.
 
Gilumar said:
Hi;

I am using 'XP Professional' and I am finding it difficult to fix the 'ntldr
missing' problem. The pc stops booting as it is not finding the 'ntldr'. I
know that by booting from the 'xp' disk I can fix the problem but in order to
fix the problem with the 'xp' disk I need the 'Administrator Password', which
I do not know.

I would like to know if there is a way of recovering or changing the
administrator password from the command prompt. (as my friend gave a disk
that can take me directly to the command prompt without any problems.)

Thanks Very Much for your help,
Ludwig
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System Restore may bring things back to life, if not try these Q & A on this
link:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...&pt=&catlist=&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320397
Boot up with your CD in the CD Rom and when you presented with Windows Setup
Options:
1- Install Windows
2- Repair existing copy
3- Quit
Select 2 by Pressing R on your keyboard, on the Command Prompt type:
C:\Windows>CD.. Hit [Enter..] on your Keyboard
on the new Prompt type this:
C:\>
copy X:\i386\ntldr c:\ where X is the Drive Letter for your CD-Rom
copy X:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\ " " "
Please type one at a time click/Hit [Enter..]
You may need to rebuild your Boot.ini type this on the Prompt:
C:\>Boot.ini click Enter and you will see your Boot.ini you can Edit it or
if was intact leave as is, the boot.ini will look like this, be aware this
for XP Home so if you have XP pro:
[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect
You will get Boot Indentifier: Enter this " Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition"
Boot Loader: Enter this" /fastdetect"
When you finished type: reboot (I'm not sure if it is right you can Type ?
to get the list of commands and see if reboot is one) or Exit.
HTH.
Please let us know.
Regards,
nass
 
If there is a password you must use hacking software from diskette and
break it and then use recovery console or you can do complete reinstall
of OS cause the system is broken anyway.
Gilumar said:
Hi;

I am using 'XP Professional' and I am finding it difficult to fix the 'ntldr
missing' problem. The pc stops booting as it is not finding the 'ntldr'. I
know that by booting from the 'xp' disk I can fix the problem but in order to
fix the problem with the 'xp' disk I need the 'Administrator Password', which
I do not know.

I would like to know if there is a way of recovering or changing the
administrator password from the command prompt. (as my friend gave a disk
that can take me directly to the command prompt without any problems.)

Thanks Very Much for your help,
Ludwig
Click to expand...

System Restore may bring things back to life, if not try these Q & A on this
link:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...&pt=&catlist=&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320397
Boot up with your CD in the CD Rom and when you presented with Windows Setup
Options:
1- Install Windows
2- Repair existing copy
3- Quit
Select 2 by Pressing R on your keyboard, on the Command Prompt type:
C:\Windows>CD.. Hit [Enter..] on your Keyboard
on the new Prompt type this:
C:\>
copy X:\i386\ntldr c:\ where X is the Drive Letter for your CD-Rom
copy X:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\ " " "
Please type one at a time click/Hit [Enter..]
You may need to rebuild your Boot.ini type this on the Prompt:
C:\>Boot.ini click Enter and you will see your Boot.ini you can Edit it or
if was intact leave as is, the boot.ini will look like this, be aware this
for XP Home so if you have XP pro:
[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect
You will get Boot Indentifier: Enter this " Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition"
Boot Loader: Enter this" /fastdetect"
When you finished type: reboot (I'm not sure if it is right you can Type ?
to get the list of commands and see if reboot is one) or Exit.
HTH.
Please let us know.
Regards,
nass
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