Boot from XP CD - Repair Utility

[Mike]

Hi,

I have recently installed a new motherboard with a new
hard drive as the system drive and everything is OK.

However my old drive is running as slave and I would like
to use it as the system drive instead without re-
formatting.

As you would expect I get the STOP screen appearing if I
boot from the old drive as the motherboard is completely
different to my previous one. I have been advied I may be
able to get the old hardrive work again as the system
drive if I boot from my XP CD and run repair.

The problem is I am asked for a adminerstrators password
at the beginingn of the repair which I do not know or
believe exists. The system is a stand alone home PC and I
have all the correct product keys etc.

Can someone advise how to get around this password (or
find out what it is) so I can run the repair untility.

Thanks

Mike

[Paul Woodsford]

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]


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"Mike" > wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have recently installed a new motherboard with a new
> hard drive as the system drive and everything is OK.
>
> However my old drive is running as slave and I would like
> to use it as the system drive instead without re-
> formatting.
>
> As you would expect I get the STOP screen appearing if I
> boot from the old drive as the motherboard is completely
> different to my previous one. I have been advied I may be
> able to get the old hardrive work again as the system
> drive if I boot from my XP CD and run repair.
>
> The problem is I am asked for a adminerstrators password
> at the beginingn of the repair which I do not know or
> believe exists. The system is a stand alone home PC and I
> have all the correct product keys etc.
>
> Can someone advise how to get around this password (or
> find out what it is) so I can run the repair untility.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
>


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