Hdd help

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Nul Atlas said:

What do you mean i installed Kail Linux into the usb should i make a disk with ophcrack on it?

Kali lnux has ophcrack preinstalled. Just search for it and open it.

[Nul Atlas]

Alright

 

[Nul Atlas]

Where should i search for it?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Nul Atlas said:

Where should i search for it?

hit the windows key then type

 

[Nul Atlas]

Witch one there is three of them

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Nul Atlas said:

Witch one there is three of them

first one

 

[Nul Atlas]

alright it opened a terminal what now?

[SoldierofRome]

The following will let you make a new user account without logging into the account thats on the PC currently, you will then be able to delete your neighbors account when your logged into the new account.

 

Leave the HDD in the original computer, you need to have the Windows (8|8.1) install media available, which you can download Windows 8.1 from the Microsoft website here https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows8ISO

Then use RUFUS to install the Windows image onto a spare USB (has to be 8GB or above in capacity) Rufus: https://rufus.akeo.ie/

1. Start your PC off the (Disk|USB|HDD) that contains the install media
2. Once loaded, press Shift+F10. This will open a command prompt
3. Run the following commands in order:

diskpart (hit enter)

and then type

list vol (hit enter)

1. Once you find the right volume (your C: drive (it may have a different drive letter)), run exit, The C: will usually be called Windows or the other way too tell is the Windows drive will be the largest sized drive.
2. Run move d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe d:\
3. Run copy d:\windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe
4. Reboot and remove the USB/Disc and boot into Windows off the HDD and get to the login screen.

Once you get to the logon screen, click the Accessibility Options icon. Once the Command Prompt opens, run these commands.

 

1. At command prompt type the following command and press Enter:

• net user <new-account-name> <new-account-password> /add

e.g. if you want to create a new account with username "User1" and password "user523" then you have to type:

• net user User1 user523 /add

 

2. If you want to give to the new user Admin rights (do this), then give the following command and press Enter:

• net localgroup administrators <new-account-name> /add

e.g. In our example you have to type:

• net localgroup administrators User1 /add

 

3. Close command prompt Window and restart your computer to login with your new account.

That's it! Let me know if this guide has helped you by leaving your comment about your experience.

[Nul Atlas]

1 hour ago, SoldierofRome said:

The following will let you make a new user account without logging into the account thats on the PC currently, you will then be able to delete your neighbors account when your logged into the new account.

 

Leave the HDD in the original computer, you need to have the Windows (8|8.1) install media available, which you can download Windows 8.1 from the Microsoft website here https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows8ISO

Then use RUFUS to install the Windows image onto a spare USB (has to be 8GB or above in capacity) Rufus: https://rufus.akeo.ie/

1. Start your PC off the (Disk|USB|HDD) that contains the install media
2. Once loaded, press Shift+F10. This will open a command prompt
3. Run the following commands in order:

diskpart (hit enter)

and then type

list vol (hit enter)

1. Once you find the right volume (your C: drive (it may have a different drive letter)), run exit, The C: will usually be called Windows or the other way too tell is the Windows drive will be the largest sized drive.
2. Run move d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe d:\
3. Run copy d:\windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe
4. Reboot and remove the USB/Disc and boot into Windows off the HDD and get to the login screen.

Once you get to the logon screen, click the Accessibility Options icon. Once the Command Prompt opens, run these commands.

 

1. At command prompt type the following command and press Enter:

• net user <new-account-name> <new-account-password> /add

e.g. if you want to create a new account with username "User1" and password "user523" then you have to type:

• net user User1 user523 /add

 

2. If you want to give to the new user Admin rights (do this), then give the following command and press Enter:

• net localgroup administrators <new-account-name> /add

e.g. In our example you have to type:

• net localgroup administrators User1 /add

 

3. Close command prompt Window and restart your computer to login with your new account.

That's it! Let me know if this guide has helped you by leaving your comment about your experience.

I did it and after exiting diskpart i ran "move c:/Windows/System32/utilman.exe c:/" it came up with "The system cannot find the path specified"

[SoldierofRome]

1 minute ago, Nul Atlas said:

I did it and after exiting diskpart i ran "move c:/Windows/System32/utilman.exe c:/" it came up with "The system cannot find the path specified"

So in diskpart the Windows drive came up as the C: drive? not as a E: or X: drive?

[Nul Atlas]

Wait my mistake for some reason CMD read E drive as the C drive my mistake

 

[SoldierofRome]

2 minutes ago, Nul Atlas said:

Wait my mistake for some reason CMD read E drive as the C drive my mistake

 

All good, when you boot off a installation media CMD will read that media drive as the C: sometimes.

[Nul Atlas]

Well im having problems with it even though i have it set to the USB its not going into windows install

 

[SoldierofRome]

How old is the computer, or what CPU does it have? as older computers don't work with the newer Windows installers that were done with RUFUS, may need to use a older version of Rufus (Rufus 2.18 is what youu need) which you can finds here https://rufus.akeo.ie/downloads/ doesn't matter if you get the P version or not. You shouldn't have to change any settings.as long as 'UEFI and CSM' are the selected type in the 'Partition Scheme and target system type'. This is due to the newer version of Rufus only doing UEFI and not CSM and older computers only work with CSM.

[Nul Atlas]

It was runing windows 8.1 it has the proper specs.... problem is, even when i ran the first command it told me invalid file path

 

[SoldierofRome]

Ok so you are booting off the Windows installer.

 

With the d:\ part did you replace the d:\ with the drive letter that you found you Windows drive was in diskpart?

"move d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe d:\

 copy d:\windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe"

 

IE. If the drive letter in diskpart was e: replace all the d: with e:

     move e:\windows\system32\utilman.exe e:\

     copy e:\windows\system32\cmd.exe e:\windows\system32\utilman.exe"

 

 

If this fails as well or you have changed the letter then try this combination

move d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe.bak

then

copy d:windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe

 

P.S. Use wpeutil reboot in to reboot the computer after typing the above lines in

[Nul Atlas]

alright

 

[SoldierofRome]

Just now, SoldierofRome said:

Ok so you are booting off the Windows installer.

 

With the d:\ part did you replace the d:\ with the drive letter that you found you Windows drive was in diskpart?

"move d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe d:\

 copy d:\windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe"

 

IE. If the drive letter in diskpart was e: replace all the d: with e:

     move e:\windows\system32\utilman.exe e:\

     copy e:\windows\system32\cmd.exe e:\windows\system32\utilman.exe"

 

 

If this fails as well or you have changed the letter then try this combination

move d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe.bak

then

copy d:windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe

 

P.S. Use wpeutil reboot in to reboot the computer after typing the above lines in

move d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe.bak

then

copy d:windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe

 

don't type then into the CMD just run the two lines one after the other.

[Nul Atlas]

ik and i did replace the drive letters i have common sense it failed the first time

 

[SoldierofRome]

Ok, lastly try enabling the Administrator account using this: net user administrator /active:yes

[Nul Atlas]

alright its going to be a bit cause i put another os (kali linux) and tried doing something but i couldnt so im putting the ISO back in (with rufus and i did have it installed before you came here)

[Nul Atlas]

21 hours ago, SoldierofRome said:

move d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe.bak

then

copy d:windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe

 

don't type then into the CMD just run the two lines one after the other.

It did not work

[SoldierofRome]

Close that Command Prompt and try going to the next stage of the installer and down the bottom left of the Window it should have 'Repair Your Computer'

And then choose 'Troubleshoot' after that click 'Advanced options' and choose the 'Command Prompt' Option.

 

This command prompt i think is a bit different as it actually looks for the currently install Windows. if that fails try enabling the administrator account which I commented in a previous post.

[Nul Atlas]

okay the new command did not work although the admin one did what do i do after that?

[SoldierofRome]

Reboot into Windows and see if the admin account shows up on the login page