rpradipm

 Profile Answers by rpradipm 

• Jan 13th, 2009

 

It stores administrator password

If its get corrupted attach the hard disk to another computer and replace.

bijesh780

 Profile Answers by bijesh780 

• Dec 4th, 2010

 

there are two ways to resolve this issue,

1- rebbot the system ,use F8 and start with command prompt option ,

go to c:windowsrepair  folder copy the sam file from there ,

then go to C:WindowsSystem32config and paste and replace the sam file..

Done :)

Or ,
2- remove the HDD  connect to another system and copy sam file from there and paste  it on C:WindowsSystem32config


Hope this will resolve your issue ..

Thanks
Bijesh

balki

• Aug 26th, 2016

 

SAM file used to store users names passwords in workgroup systems. we can restore this from backup by login safemode, and copy the sam file in backup