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Vista Recovery, no admin pwd
I am working on a dell notebook for a friend. I need to restore the vista from the recovery partition. I have accounts on the machine but no passwords. The system recovery demands an admin name and pwd. That person is no longer with us. should I put the drive in another machine and delete the windows folder so it will restore or what's the trick? I dont think I like Vista that well.
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09-19-2007, 09:31 AM
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Set a password
 http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/ Also, the Dell should have come with a "real" install CD instead of just the partition, and should have a license key on hte laptop itself somewhere...
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09-19-2007, 09:33 AM
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I already tried to reset it using an NTFS password revovery CD the reason it failed is because its a SATA drive and it didnt see it.
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09-19-2007, 09:36 AM
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Try setting the SATA drive in the BIOS to Legacy mode if it's an available option.
We have the same problem when trying to image machines with older software.
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09-19-2007, 09:48 AM
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I think I'm getting it now
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09-19-2007, 10:01 AM
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It unlocked.
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