Theres a utility on the ultimate windows boot cd that i use that does this. You can make the cd yourself still i think, - alternately putting the drive in another system you can take ownership of the files. Dan Green wrote: > > He has a computer with Windows 2000 and lost the passwords so he can't > access the system. > > How can he get in to retrieve some files? > -- Thank you, Matt Lampiasi Florence I.T. - A Community IT shop. 413-303-9167 or @ florenceit.net <http://florenceit.net> Getting our resourceful monthly newsletter <http://florenceit.net/web2crm>? Email me to subscribe. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20090528/d4ddc1fb/attachment.html