Password change, Read-only file system

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MrPaulJames · #1 Post by **MrPaulJames** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:06 am

Hi guys,

I'm new to the UBCD system etc, I need to reset a password on a machine, I'm running through the process... However when it comes to saving things it says that it fails;

"Read-only file system"

Any ideas???

Paul

miggs3 · #2 Post by **miggs3** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:29 am

I am having the same problem, I have rebooted multiple times in safe mode and the files are still locked.

I am trying to recover a password for a user who left their computer on for months and forget her password.

#3 Post by **Victor Chew** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:52 pm

Which app are you using? If you are using NTFSDOS under FreeDOS, it is a read-only driver.

miggs3 · #4 Post by **miggs3** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:48 pm

I am using then 'Offline NT Password & Registry Editor' on a Vista system.

miggs3 · #5 Post by **miggs3** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:55 am

FWIW - I was able to reset the password by downloading a version of the software contained on UBCD directly from the original author's website.

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

I'm not sure which version is on UBCD and I don't have time to dig into why it worked. Just wanted to post my solution for others.

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