I recently had to recover data from my failing NTFS laptop drive (at
work), and was advised the use of the Knoppix Linux CD (at work) to do
said recovery was a terminable offense, and to do said recovery away
from work.

Indeed, Knoppix and a parallel port zip drive works wonders at
retrieving data from an NTFS-formatted drive emphasizing the fact that
there is no security if an attacker has physical access to the box.

George



wasson@localhost.localdomain wrote:
> 
> On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 11:23:03AM -0700, AZ Pete wrote:
> > A client of ours has a Dell server with Win 2000 Server loaded and they lost the admin password.
> <SNIP>
> > Has anyone heard of said Linux program?  If so, where can I get a copy.  Rebuilding this box will be a huge nightmare
> > and spending $400 is not too palatable either.
> 
> Great news, this email answer is only $100. ;-)
> 
> The utility you want is called LinNT. This only works if they haven't
> set the registry keys to break LinNT.
> 
> Other options include using NTFSDOS to get the SAM and the
> run LophtCrack against it. I'd use the whole experience to show how
> important physical security is to servers....
> 
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