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Recover deleted files without right of administrator ?
I've deleted hundreds of files (128MB of photos) a week ago, some of them are surely overwritten. But I want to recover the rest if possible...
It isn't my compute, so I don't have administrator's rights, I couldn't either take the HDD out...
How can I make a CD to boot and recover my data ?
(it's Windows XP on that PC)
Thanks.
It isn't my compute, so I don't have administrator's rights, I couldn't either take the HDD out...
How can I make a CD to boot and recover my data ?
(it's Windows XP on that PC)
Thanks.
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You say you deleted them. But are they in the recycle bin?
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Thanks,meyersd! A "preinstallation environement" is exactly what I need. I'll try it tomorrow, then give you a comment.
MarkDozier: no, they're not still in the Recycled Bin.
MarkDozier: no, they're not still in the Recycled Bin.
It would pay you to take a look at this as well:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
It allows you to change the Administrator's password. It's got me out of strife during migrations more times than I care to remember.
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
It allows you to change the Administrator's password. It's got me out of strife during migrations more times than I care to remember.
look for a program similar to TUNE UP UTILITIES 2004 (this program is commercial) that is free or go to freewarehome.com and look for programs under MISCELLANEOUS or FILE RECOVERY etc section, im sure you'll find one there. it can recover deleted files even it has been remove from the recycle bin's list
Hi there,
Check this link to get hold of the adminin password and then logon as admin and then do whatever you want to do as admin.
http://www.openwall.com/passwords/nt.shtml
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
Enjoy!!
Check this link to get hold of the adminin password and then logon as admin and then do whatever you want to do as admin.
http://www.openwall.com/passwords/nt.shtml
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
Enjoy!!
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Thanks all. PEbuilder & EBCD they both do it well.
Just clarify my idea before accepting the answer: I want to let the admin password as is, or if I change it, I can restore it. The purpose is restore my data without doing anything to the system.
Just clarify my idea before accepting the answer: I want to let the admin password as is, or if I change it, I can restore it. The purpose is restore my data without doing anything to the system.
If you can get access to the machine, use a password cracker such at @stake's LC 5 (aka the late, great l0pht crack) to grab the password hashes from the registry and crack the password from that. Once you have the administrator password you can then log in to the machine and recover your files. Surely it's easier just to ask?
This all presumes that you aren't up to anything illegal/immoral. You aren't, are you?
This all presumes that you aren't up to anything illegal/immoral. You aren't, are you?