Thread: How to reset recovery console password on RAID?

I was trying to fix a damage windows\system32\config\system file using the recovery console - that did not work. Now, when I make use of the recovery console I am asked for an administrator password, which of course I do not know.

An additional difficulty is that the machine is configured with RAID (striped disks using Intel Matrix), so booting from any kind of recovery disk requires more drivers to be loaded.

The ERD password reset tool I am using (not sure of the name but it is Linux based, and free) seems to permit support for RAID, but I can not acquire it to work (NTFS signature missing). I have tried 'fetching' the drivers from a floppy, but that does not seem to help.

So where can I go from here? Are there any extra password recovery tools that absolutely continue Intel Matrix Raid?

The admin password in the recovery console is blank by default. When it prompts you for a password, just hit enter.