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I have about 8 old drives, some crashed and burned, some working, some barely working. I've been slaving them to one of my systems and copying all my "stuff" off them to save it. I've got one that is password protected and I can't remember, for the life of me, what the password was. It's mine and it's several years old. There may or may not be anything of value on it but I'd like to see anyway. Is there any way to get past the password? Help us Uncle Krusty, you're our only hope.
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"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Issac Newton Posts: 3528 | From: Warner Robins, GA | Registered: Oct 2004
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About a year ago, my older son discovered he could get past his school's password protection by starting up in safe mode. Maybe you could try starting in safe mode, go straight to DOS, then see if you recognize anything you want to keep.
-------------------- Frank Smith Frank Smith Signs Albany, NY www.franksmithsigns.com Posts: 807 | From: Albany, NY USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I'm sure I'll hear a bunch of B$ over this.... but I know someone's drive that went to crap, and they took it to the Geek Squad at Best Buy and they were able to quickly and cheaply recover the contents.
Don't think that the drive was pswd protected, but I'm sure computer geeks can easily circumvent that obstacle.
Hope that helps somewhat.... and good luck with the drive Ricky.
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"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Issac Newton Posts: 3528 | From: Warner Robins, GA | Registered: Oct 2004
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yes you may get it back. But is the admin password for opening windows? If so Then there is a way. I do it all the time.
If its for viewing the drive then you are goona suffer a little.
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I have some passwords in mind for opening windows that I used to use (if I can remember them). I'll give anything a shot.
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"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Issac Newton Posts: 3528 | From: Warner Robins, GA | Registered: Oct 2004
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smoke a joint....might bring back what ya lost))))))))
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might it be ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE?????))))))))
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I'm glad women don't to have passwords to us men. They would have us "umplugged" for sure.
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