Boot to dos in XP 2

[TimGoff]

Hi there,

I'm using XP Home Edition. When the machine arrived on my desk in wasn't booting - I recovered the system files using the Recovery console.

The system now boots - but freezes both in normal & safe mode.

Recovery console now asks for an administrator password which the user doesn't know.

I was going to nuke the machine but we desperately need files from it first. Is there a way of booting straight to a dos box and seeing the contents of the partition?

I've considered a program the strips the admin password - has anyone used such an item before?

Thanks in advance

 

[gpalmer711]

Take a look at the Knoppix software that is discussed here. It is a version of Linux that runs from a CD and is able to read and write to ntfs drives.

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,7018905~root=winme~mode=flat

Greg Palmer

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Any feed back is appreciated.

 

[bcastner]

Downloading Knoppix is a little hard right now, try this site: ftp://ruslug.rutgers.edu/pub/knoppix/
Instructions on burning the CD:

http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/howto/Knoppix-simple-howto.html

Or google "knoppix download" for other mirror sites.

 

[wolluf]

Or

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

 

[TimGoff]

Downloaded PE builder yesterday - that did the trick!

Cheers for your posts

Tim