Dead XP - what files should I recover???

[thedarkprince]

This is probably one for you computer geeks   

Okay so i can't log into my desktop as XP asks for passwords which I don't have.  I've tried logging in as Administrator in Safe mode but that didn't work.  I've resigned myself to having to re-install XP 

Before I do I need to recover some files from my hard drive so to do this I've made a bootable CD of Ubuntu.  Its running right now and I have access to my entire hard drive's contents but the question is what files should I definitely copy onto my external hard drive?

I'm copying across photos, music and some films i've downloaded (no, not that sort! Well, maybe one or two...).  I've also copied my Favourites folder for my weblinks.  Are there any other files/folders that I should copy across?

[Samdy Gray]

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

[Barry Scott]

Is that freeware Samdy? I used to have some Linux based bootdisk thing that could do shit loads including remove passwords. Forgotten what that was called though? So, as is pretty common, i've posted pointless nonsense.

[Barry Scott]

Just discovered that the utility i used is on Samdy's page, EBCD, it's the bollocks.

I have a copy of it if you can't find a download link.

[THE FLASH]

The X files?

[thedarkprince]

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

I've tried that one (as well as many, many more...) and I'm confident its worked, i.e. I know that there is no password set for my username or the Administrator, but still I'm not getting into XP.  It starts to log me in, I get to see my desktop background and then it kicks me out.

[jayohaitchenn]

If you play games, don't forget your saved game data.

[Sippo]

Is that one Samdy put £30 or am i reading it wrong?

ERD commander is the one i use.

[suttonred]

I reckon you may have  picked up that virus that guesses and changes passwords by the sound of it, were you on service pack 3?

[Sippo]

I reckon you may have  picked up that virus that guesses and changes passwords by the sound of it, were you on service pack 3?

Conflick-E

[thedarkprince]

I reckon you may have  picked up that virus that guesses and changes passwords by the sound of it, were you on service pack 3?

Nah SP2.  I don't think it was that.  I ran Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware software and I think it got over-zealous with one of my system files.  Anyway, re-installing XP SP2 as we spek to rectify said annoying situation.