Windows 7 retrieve password from mint usb
by MatthewB from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5E0E4)
So, I have been trying to retrieve the password to log into Windows 7 from an old Sony Vaio. Not mine, but an old colleague who asked (complicated story, who cares).
I used linux mint xfce from usb to boot, then downloaded chntpw and found UUID from blkid. It also says dev/sda1 is System Reserved (and I'm sure it's Windows, because that's all there is, really).
I know I have to cd /media/UUID (as per blkid)/Windows/System32/config
But at this point the answer is that the file or directory doesn't exist.
What did I do wrong? What can I do?
I used linux mint xfce from usb to boot, then downloaded chntpw and found UUID from blkid. It also says dev/sda1 is System Reserved (and I'm sure it's Windows, because that's all there is, really).
I know I have to cd /media/UUID (as per blkid)/Windows/System32/config
But at this point the answer is that the file or directory doesn't exist.
What did I do wrong? What can I do?