New Mother board

[Ron]

I just installed a new mother board with a new CPU. I
now run at 2.2gig. When restarting window XP it went to
the safe mode screen. I can not start in safe mode or
normal mode. I then inserted my CD-Rom and allowed the
system to start on the CD. It does however when I ask it
to recover windows it wants for an Administrator
Password. I never gave the system one. So what do I
do. How can I recover windows with out reinstalling and
loosing EVERYTHING.
Thanks Ron

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Ron;
You need to perform a Repair Installation to properly detect the new
hardware, no password is required:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm
A Repair Installation leaves all data intact, however Windows Updates
and Service Packs will need to be reinstalled.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.


"Ron" > wrote in message
...
> I just installed a new mother board with a new CPU. I
> now run at 2.2gig. When restarting window XP it went to
> the safe mode screen. I can not start in safe mode or
> normal mode. I then inserted my CD-Rom and allowed the
> system to start on the CD. It does however when I ask it
> to recover windows it wants for an Administrator
> Password. I never gave the system one. So what do I
> do. How can I recover windows with out reinstalling and
> loosing EVERYTHING.
> Thanks Ron

[Ron]

Hmm. Chances are very good that the Admin password is <nothing>. As in
blank. No password.

Please post a follow-up.
Ron

[Bob]

DO NOT go into the Repair Console! At the point where you
are hitting "R" to do this, instead choose to install XP.
You will then be given the choice of a clean install or
repairing your current installation. You want the latter.
No password will be requested.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hmm. Chances are very good that the Admin password is
<nothing>. As in
>blank. No password.
>
>Please post a follow-up.
>Ron
>
>
>.
>