Windows 10: How can i open a elevated command propmt from command prompt in recovery mode at boot up screen

How can i open a elevated command propmt from command prompt in recovery mode at boot up screen

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command prompt will not open in safe mode with command prompt

I am repairing a laptop for a friend and I need to access windows in safe mode and the owner has forgotten the password to the main user. I tried logging on with the administrator profile in safe mode but it is not showing up so I was going to use command prompt in safe mode with command prompt but command prompt will not open when I boot that option. Does anyone have any hints for me to figure this out?

 

command prompt will not open in safe mode with command prompt

Would I just follow the same steps within safe mode after hooking up to the other system?

 

Can you open Elevated Command Prompt from Command Prompt?

I think the user needs to get a list of working disks and their associated drive letters while booted into the WinPE environment. I believe launching a command prompt, running diskpart, then typing "list volume" will do the trick. Here's what that produces in Powershell on my production PC, for example:



Then, the OP can use the drive letter for the drive in need of attention going forward after that.
HTH,
--Ed--

PS: I just did this on a laptop booted to WinPE and it showed my usual C: drive as E:, for example. Expect assignments to move around when another Windows image is in charge!