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hi,
thanks for replying so soon
but am really unlucky ..
i never set an administrator password, i though it would b blank , but it says invalid pswrd

i tried it on my d partition just to check , n it works there

i dont hav the password , so i cant access the recov console..

its my own pc , but got several users on it ,

can it b that the password is one of the other users logon password?

i dont think the others have reset the administrator password ,

i hope ull b able to help me out


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Hello again,

Good to hear you were able to try out this process on your D: partition.Regarding your Administrator password,it is more likely that you have forgotten it.To reset or change it,boot to your D: partition then go to Start-Run and then type  control userpasswords2 then press enter.The window that pops up has a list of every user in your system.Click on the Administrator's then click reset.

Restart your computer and run Recovery Console on your C: partition.Good luck.

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