Hi all,
 
Newbie to list.
 
My home PC (Win2K on a Gateway 350 Mhz/G6 with 256 MB RAM) is on the verge of a major hard drive failure (i.e. won't boot up, asks for "boot diskette at startup and nothing else).  I suspect an error with the BIOS or the IO Controller.  I have gone through the Win2K recovery console and it has been working well so far.  Setup disks load OK and I can get where I need to be...until...the administration password part.
 
At this point in the recovery console process it is asking me for an administration password in order to continue with the recovery console.  I have no idea what this is or how to get it.  And most important, it won't let me continue without it!  Can anyone help me?  Is there a backdoor or some other method of getting around this?  
 
I could really use your help if anyone has a second to respond.  I'd prefer not to have to reformat for obvious reasons...
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Gary Druckenmiller
 
P.S.
 
I found some software out there called Winternals ERD Commander 2003 that seems like it would help me out with this password issue.  But at $199, I might as well by a new box.  Does anyone know where I can find a demo version of this software?
 
 

         PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download
                     visit our download web page at:
                  http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml