I'm having a problem with Recovery Console.

I initially had the system32/config/system is corrupt or missing problem. I then tried the steps on this link:

http://www.webechodesigns.com/blog [...] ystem.html

It seemed to work as XP started to boot like it should, now it just hangs on a black screen. If I tried to enter Recovery Console again it asks for the Administrator password. It has no SAM folder so there is no password, i.e. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. Even booting to another partition only lets me look at the C:\. Now, it says I have no access to move files into C:\ from the other partition.

Further review of the posted article seems to indicate that I didn't do enough of the replacing. I should have replaced the Software, SAM, Security and Default folders as well.

I need to use the system backup folder and put those files into the current windows/system32/config folder.

Will booting into any Command prompt get me back to where I need to go or am I totally screwed. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Edit: WinXP CD is for some reason not able to repair the installation either.

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This does not work, I have tried it.

As I said the SAM folder is not there. It is gone, this is where the password would reside, as the folder is gone so is the supposed password.

What I need is a program or way around the Admin access. I need to copy the folders from the backup and put them back into the config folder.

I got it figured out, I ended up downloading and using Ultimate boot disk for Windows to get a shell XP envrironment. From there I reset the system32/config and booted back to Recovery Console. Then I used a Recovery Console to get to a command prompt, then used the system restore point system file and overwrote the current system file in system32/config. After all that is finally worked.

As noted in my edit, the repair option was not present in the install part of winxp cd, so that wasn't an option.