Re: retrieving SAM from mirrored system volume

From: chris@nospam.com
Date: 03/20/03

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    From: chris@nospam.com
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 18:23:56 -0800

    On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:29:15 +0930, "Jamie Byrnes"
    <jabyrnes@remove.giantsreef.com.au> wrote:

    >Hi there,
    >
    >I have to retrieve some data from an old NT4 sp6 server from a company we've
    >taken over, and I don't have access to the admin password. So I jumped on
    >with my copies of ntfs4dos and l0phtcrack in hand only to find ntfs4dos
    >wouldn't recognize any ntfs partitions.
    >
    >Using PM8.0 I saw that the system volume was mirrored across 2 old 2gig
    >disks, so I assume this is the problem. System does boot OK so its not a
    >BIOS problem. Tried both ntfs4dos 3.5 and 4pro.
    >
    >Does anyone know a way around this?

    Yes, just change the admin password using this very handy tool:
    http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

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