Originally posted here by ebangor
I have a W2k professional problem, I have locked myself out and I do not know the password. Is there anything I could do go get into my system without losing anything. I am not sure if it was configured with NTFS or FAT32 and it is not encrypted. I am getting desperate and I need some help. Thank you.
Find out what file system is being used first.
Try a windows98 boot disk, if you can access the drive in dos then it's FAT16 or FAT32, if it's NTFS you will need to use the recovery console that comes with windows 2k.
I'll explain more later when you find out what file system is in use.