invalid password

Hi Roger,

Try pressing ENTER instead of using your Windows password.
The administrators account to access the repair console is usually
not the user account with administrator privileges you use daily.

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"Roger Bentson" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:03f201c39755$a16263a0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
| I am having a problem with my hard drive and I wanted to
| boot from the XP professional install disk ( upgrade from
| XP home ) to repair the master boot record. When I boot
| from the CD, however, it asks for my administrator
| password. When I enter it, it says that it is invalid -
| however when I reboot the hard drive the password is
| correct. I can't figure out what it is looking for, I
| have tried various combinations of Administrator,
| administrator, Admin, admin, as well as my actual
| password and none of them work. It gives me three tries
| and then I am forced to reboot. Of course, I could
| reinstall everything, but that is a last resort. I don't
| know if the problem is related to having upgraded rather
| than using a full install or what. Any clues?