I'm sorry for posting this here

I've used hiren boot CD to restore passwords on XP. I haven't tried it on win 7 but it might be worth looking at. Sorry to hear about your brother noob. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

 

Check out this link. Couple of programs that might do the trick. http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/passrecovery.htm

 

When your done with that you can try this for other areas:

http://www.webtlk.com/2012/01/02/how-to-discover-and-recover-all-stored-passwords-in-your-windows-computer/

 

Good Evening ! Heartfelt sympathy for the tragic loss of your brother Noob. Sincerely...Securon

 

Noob, I feel sincerely saddened to hear the bad news.
Like The Seeker, I would suggest a Linux live CD, I have an Asus Eee PC without optical drive, but I use an external DVD RW Drive plugged to an USB port which works perfectly. This would be the quickest way to retrieve all windows files (I use Puppy Linux).

 

Noob,

My deepest sympathies for you and your family in these tough times.

In regards to recovering his data from that netbook, I had a similar problem with my sister's desktop a few years ago [not that she passed away, though], just she was running Win XP Pro and, somehow completely forgot her logon password running as Admin.

I suggested her at that time to take the HDD off the computer and take it to Best Buy's Geek Squad. They charged her US$ 150 at that time, but retrieved the entire contents of her computer HDD without losing anything.

Not the best solution if you'd like to save some bucks but I just wanted to mention it, though.




Carlos

 

I cant get offlinent to work.

I already copied the files in the USB, ran the command but nothing happens when i boot it up in the netbook.

 

Managed to unlock the password but he just formatted the computer a few weeks ago and there were no recent pictures, just old ones from a few years back
Life Sucks.
Humble people die while all the human parasites out there are lurking around.

 

Hi noob, I'm very sorry for your loss. My deepest condolences for you and your family. I've found a link that might help. http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/f/default-password-windows-7.htm

 

Noob........ I'm very sorry for your loss......my deepest sympathy for your family.....may your brother's soul rest in peace and may God send him to heaven.....

 

Sorry for your loss Noob, that level of grief is the hardest thing to bear. I've had it, it does get better eventually but you never forget. You can keep going to keep your brother's memory alive, share who he was with the pictures and stories and your love for him. You have friends, let us know if we can do anything.

 

@ Noob

So sorry to hear about your Bro, sad news indeed

How did you manage to unlock the password ?

 

How do I recover the files from formatted hard drives?

http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-formatted-partition.htm


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByMTeZ62RSY video how you doing it,

 

But you have to pay for this tool, otherwise you can only recover 1GIGA. There are free alternatives out there: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

 

I lost my brother a year ago ( sudden heart attack)
Time is a great healer my friend, the pain NEVER goes away but you learn to live with it.Be strong and talk to him, he is around you.

Circe.

 

Noob life is tough and in moments like this nothing helps you to restore time to a previous moment . No words can help you out but remember sometimes people are taken away from us and we need to live with their best memories . I feel very sorry . I know what you are going through.
As far as the problem i would also recommend the Ubuntu option
ps - to badyou lost the pictures too

 

*Sigh* Trying to return to my daily activities and i still find it hard.

 

Welcome back Noob. Glad to see you're posting again.

 

Welcome back noob.

 

Welcome back noob

 

Just now seeing this thread. Sorry for your loss my friend. You will be in my prayers. Glad to see you posting again as well.

 

Good Evening! Nice to see your back,Noob. Sincerely...Securon

 

Welcome back Noob'ster...we missed you! I am loading up Emsisoft AM in a few minutes since you are back. This Kaspersky is like a millstone around my neck.

 

welcome back Noob.....we're all here with you.....

 

That's why i like this forum so much guys
Great community. *Group Hug*