Re: Can't get past win2000 login screen

From: Priscilla (Priscilla_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:21:03 -0700

I can't get logged in either! I figure I have a virus but don't know how to
fix it since I don't have a recovery disk. I'm trying to access a machine
with Win2000 Professional and can't get past the login. HELP!!

Priscilla

"Laura E. Hunter (MVP)" wrote:

> If you can't boot to floppy or CD, and you're only trying to grab data off
> of the machine, why not just pull the hard drive(s) out and install them in
> another (working) box? Go into Disk Management, re-scan for new disks, and
> copy out the data that way.
>
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> "dano" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0d1a01c48b9e$584f1d50$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >I can't get around the logon screen for w2k on a laptop
> > I'm trying to get data off of. Something in the os must
> > have gotten botched up. F8 when prompted on boot does
> > not give me any option to get around this.
> > I don't have a floppy drive for this unit at this point,
> > and cd drive doesn't appear to be working right. Is
> > there any bootup key sequence that can get me around this?
>
>
>

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