Can´t mount HDD because windows is hibernating. Can´t access windows.
by Wennerholm from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5SF9P)
Inexperience alert! Very slim programming knowledge and as green as I can get to Linux. I appreciate your patience :D
So, I have this PC in the office which some colleague (who has since quit) chose a password for and nobody remembers it. So I took this as a challenge to crack.
It runs on windows, and all we want to do is get past the login screen. It doesn't matter if it gets wiped in the process. Problem is that it seems to be impossible to do this. Windows tells me that the hard drive is too full to format (what!?).
So I figured Id give Knoppix a try. Tried mounting an image of it on a usb drive, which did not work. So I shifted my focus on "System recovery cd". I was able to run this and followed instructions to mount the hard drive. This is where another obstacle appeared which I haven't gotten over and this is where I need your expertise.
The hard drive cannot be mounted because windows is hibernating. And to stop windows from hibernating I need to login in and turn "fast startup" off, which I can't. I think I need to be able to do everything from Linux, because it's all that I can access.
Any ideas on how to get past this obstacle or any other ideas/altenate paths are highly appreciated!
So, I have this PC in the office which some colleague (who has since quit) chose a password for and nobody remembers it. So I took this as a challenge to crack.
It runs on windows, and all we want to do is get past the login screen. It doesn't matter if it gets wiped in the process. Problem is that it seems to be impossible to do this. Windows tells me that the hard drive is too full to format (what!?).
So I figured Id give Knoppix a try. Tried mounting an image of it on a usb drive, which did not work. So I shifted my focus on "System recovery cd". I was able to run this and followed instructions to mount the hard drive. This is where another obstacle appeared which I haven't gotten over and this is where I need your expertise.
The hard drive cannot be mounted because windows is hibernating. And to stop windows from hibernating I need to login in and turn "fast startup" off, which I can't. I think I need to be able to do everything from Linux, because it's all that I can access.
Any ideas on how to get past this obstacle or any other ideas/altenate paths are highly appreciated!