[dba-Tech] Boot to command line in Windows 7

[Arthur Fuller]

I found it. One plods on....

On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 6:06 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This  got me to a useful link. But Win7 was so long ago that I don't
> remember how to open a cmd window. O well, one step at a time.
>
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 5:45 PM John Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Windows password is not particularly secure.  A few years back I broke
>> into
>> a laptop "locked" by a drunk friend... for an instructor using an app on a
>> usb stick.  It just "found" the password.  No idea more than that...
>>
>> It was 6 years ago so you are going to have to google how it works for
>> yourself but I did it.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 5:39 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks Stuart,
>> > That got me part way there, but Iit's been so long since I booted this
>> old
>> > box that I've forgotten the password. But at least I'm up.  Now all I
>> have
>> > to do is ransack my memory, what little of it remains.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 4:40 PM Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Does pressing and continuing to hold down the F8 key as soon as you
>> power
>> > > up  give you
>> > > the "Advanced Boot Options" screen?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On 9 Feb 2022 at 10:00, Arthur Fuller wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > I have an ancient box with win 7. I want to boot directly to the
>> > > > command ine, skipping Windows, so I can run chksk /f.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks.
>> > > >
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