I am trying to Repair a WinXP installation. When it asks for the administrator password, it accepts but..?

Question

I am trying to repair an XP installation. I get as far as asking for the administrator password. When I type the right one it, it accepts it but then merely dumps to a DOS looking c:\windows
and does nothing else. Whats wrong?

Answer 1

You are at the command line prompt which allows you to enter DOS like commands to fix your system. I suggest you read up on the available commands (such as fixboot and chkdsk) before you do anything as there are a number of options but you really should understand what needs to be done before you use the command line to repair your system.

Answer 2

Hmmmm. From my past experience having had to do the same thing, the administrator password actually isn't.

I don't know but seems as if this can't hurt, but next time it asks for administrator password, don't enter anything just press the enter key. Then press it again. From what I had read prior to my experience there actually is NOT an admin. password.

So try leaving blank and pressing enter, then press enter again.

I hope it works. It did for me.

Good luck

Answer 3

I had the comparable issue with my homestead windows XP and that i purely ended up putting in my disc and repairing this technique and whilst it askes for a password throughout the time of setup you could the two positioned one in or no longer.

Answer 4

then you type in chkdsk /r