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From: John John - MVP on 18 Mar 2010 08:53
Mount the drive in your other computer or use a Bart PE disk. Building
a PE disk can be a bit daunting for some, if you want you can download a
pre-built one instead:

http://www.ubcd4win.com/
Welcome to the UBCD4Win.com

Note that you need a Windows Installation CD-Rom to complete the
UBCD4Win PE disk, read the FAQ on the web site.

John

Smiles wrote:
> 0k but how would you do this if you can not login to machine
>
> John John - MVP wrote:
>> Restore the SAM file from a backup, you can find a backup in one of
>> the Restore Points "Snapshot" folders inside the System Volume
>> Information folder. Look for _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SAM , rename it SAM
>> and place it in the \WINDOWS\system32\config folder. The path to the
>> Snapshot folder will be something like this:
>>
>> C:\System Volume
>> Information\_restore{D86480E3-73EF-47BC-A0EB-A81BE6EE3ED8}\RP1\Snapshot
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309531
>> How to gain access to the System Volume Information folder
>>
>> John
>>
>> Smiles wrote:
>>> it fails at step 2 finding sam file
>>>
>>> thanks Peter
>>>
>>> Peter Foldes wrote:
>>>> http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/
>>>>
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