[Novalug] Any windows admins?

Ed James edward.james@gmail.com
Thu Aug 7 12:02:04 EDT 2014


Would this work - install a new HD, re-install the old HD as a secondary
drive, install a new OS on the new drive, boot, mount the old HD as a
sub-dir?  Or would we still have permissions issues accessing the old
data?  And by "new HD", a simple USB thumbdrive should be easy to do?

Note - I did a quick google search and found a *lot* of advice on this
issue, which didn't mean much to me, since my windoze days are a decade
old.  And all were more complicated that the old "remove the CMOS battery
for a minute".

Ed James


On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Jay Hart via Novalug <
novalug@firemountain.net> wrote:

> So, someone has a modern system, doesn't remember password, and we got to
> throw it out.  Really????
>
> Jay
>
> > Or have them buy a Mac, our cousins in commercial BSD land...
> >
> > Still requires learning basic sys admin, but need to progress along that
> > curve anyways, kind o like comparative religion($)...
> >
> > ~~~~~~
> > Techies Unite:
> > Open Source and Hardware
> > Typos likely with canned devices and vocab lists, not to mention me
> > bastardized use o' language
> > On Aug 5, 2014 9:58 PM, "Xavier Belanger via Novalug" <
> > novalug@firemountain.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> > The only solution I've found in M$ help is "reinstall
> >> > Windows 8.1".  Any better solutions?
> >>
> >> Linux to the rescue!
> >>
> >>  [ http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ ]
> >>
> >> It seems that it works with MS Windows 8/8.1 but I have never
> >> tested it; it works just fine with any previous version.
> >>
> >> Sincerely.
> >> --
> >> Xavier Belanger
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