Re: retrieving SAM from mirrored system volume

From: Jamie Byrnes (jabyrnes@remove.giantsreef.com.au)
Date: 03/20/03

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    From: "Jamie Byrnes" <jabyrnes@remove.giantsreef.com.au>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 14:31:20 +0930

    <chris@nospam.com> wrote in message
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    > 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

    Thanks Chris!

    Even though the web pages says it probably won't work with soft mirrors, it
    actually worked great. Not so sure how it'd go with stripes though. A bit
    worried about unsupported code writing to the SAM, but it solved my problem.

    Jamie.

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