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Password Prob - XP Professional
Any ideas or solutions greatly appreciated:
My old work laptop has windows XP professional and has the hard drive password protected. It is definitely the 'primary hard drive' that is protected, not Windows.
I have not used it for about a year and when I tried to just now, it did not recognise the password.
The battery had gone flat, and the date in the set-up was 2002! I have put the date right and charged the battery, but it still does not recognise the
password. I have had this same password for about 8 years and I know that it is right.
Is there any way to access the hard drive without the password? If I enter the set-up it tells me that there is no hard drive, presumably because it is hidden by the password.
I do NOT have the original Windows XP Professional CD.....
HELP!!
My old work laptop has windows XP professional and has the hard drive password protected. It is definitely the 'primary hard drive' that is protected, not Windows.
I have not used it for about a year and when I tried to just now, it did not recognise the password.
The battery had gone flat, and the date in the set-up was 2002! I have put the date right and charged the battery, but it still does not recognise the
password. I have had this same password for about 8 years and I know that it is right.
Is there any way to access the hard drive without the password? If I enter the set-up it tells me that there is no hard drive, presumably because it is hidden by the password.
I do NOT have the original Windows XP Professional CD.....
HELP!!
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