How to escape to Windows?

I was faced with a very similar situation only a few days ago. To complicate matters the owner of the computer did not know the password to the 'Administrator' account. This is a problem because the 'Repair' mode, accessible from the WinXP install CD, requires the Administrator password.

I resolved the problem by booting from the GAG install CD (http://gag.sourceforge.net/) and using the 'Uninstall GAG (restores standard MBR)' prompt. It did the job very efficiently.

Executive summary: Use GAG.
 
Dear michaelrmgreen,
there is one circumstance in my particular case: I cannot boot from CD (my BIOS affected), but I can mount and use CD when I am inside FreeBSD (FreeBSD as far as I know does not use BIOS) I need to restore bootability of Windows using FreeBSD instruments. Can you advise any?
 
Hello there Mr. Prab. You might be able to boot from an external USB connected CD/DVD drive, if you can borrow one. I have one of these: http://www.ebuyer.com/180608-liteon-etau108-usb-2-0-dvd-write-optical-drive-retail-etau108-02
which is able to boot an attached PC. Ask around, someone you know might have one.

If you can boot your system from the remaining USB port you might be able to use Unetbootin to install the GAG installer to a USB stick and install it to the hard disk from there. (I'm sure I read that it was possible be can't now find the reference).

Best of luck.
 
I don't know if this would work but I would think you could install grub/grub2. The only expiernce I've had with grub was in a Ubuntu/Windows setup and it worked well for me.
 
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