Diane,
Emailme direct and I will send you a program that will let you change the
password.
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troubles2
----- Original Message -----
From: pekoe4849
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 12:19 PM
Subject: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: Help! Windows won't boot!
I went home at noon to try some more things. It will only let me run
some commands from the Windows prompt--nothing useful that I can find.
I can't seem to be able to get to a DOS prompt (cuz Gates did away
with that?). I listed the commands it 'would' let me do and, not
knowing that much couldn't figure anything out. I tried to copy my
files to a CD but it wouldn't copy "wildcards" or directories. Bummer!
So I tried the "Logon" command. It again asked for the Administrator
password. I'm stuck there cuz I don't have one and it won't just let
me hit Enter to go on. Any suggestions on that?
I thought I'd try "FIXBOOT", but when it asked if I was sure I wanted
to create another boot drive on C: I chickened out since I didn't know
what the heck I was doing. :)
I have another hard drive that I could use I suppose, but I'd have to
format it wouldn't I? There's not enough room on it for Windows and
the files that are already there. I hate to lose some of them, but not
as much as the ones that are on C.
Man I'm getting frustrated. If I ever get this fixed I'm going to have
to seriously rethink how I have this whole thing set up.
I know about those 'techs'. It hasn't been that long ago since I
bought this computer from one who 'built' it for me. I could have
built it myself for half as much (I've done it before), but did I?
Nooooooooo.
Diane
--- In [email protected], jpurcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Diane,
>
> > I wish I'd done that this time because I don't want to lose the
> > data that's going
> > to be lost if I have to reinstall Windows. :(
>
>
> I suspect that if someone doesn't come up with a solution to your
> problem you may need to get professional help. And if you go that
> route be very careful, there are a lot of people out there who
> masquerade as computer techs who are NOT. Before you let a tech do
> anything, make him tell you what he will do and whether he is certain
> that it will work.
>
> Another idea that just came to mind may not be any more expensive than
> a tech. Buy a new hard drive, install it [it's not difficult], install
> Windows and then install the old drive as a second drive and maybe you
> can get your data back if the problem was not a major hard drive
> failure.
> Jim
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