Locked out of XP account

[needhelp04]

I need help getting into my windows xp comp. i only have one account, and it will not accept the password that i gave it and i want to know if there is any way to bypass that password or to back up my hard drive without getting logged on so that i can use system restore to just reset the comp and erase the hard drive. thanks if people help

[Statica]

needhelp04:
Please read the FORUM RULES. We do not allow information related to account / computer hacking. I understand that this might be a genuine issue of yours, but you have to realize that we have no way of knowing whether its someone who got locked out of an account or someone trying to gain unauthorized access.
As a suggestion, have you tried logging in using the Administrator account (or were you using the Administrator account that you got locked out of?) At the login/welcome screen press Ctrl+ALT+DEL twice, the login with username Administrator and your password. If you havent already set a password for Administrator, it is blank.
The other option is to move the drive to another computer and attempt to move the information out of it; it may / may not work, depending on what filesystem and security you have used.
Chalk it up to a lesson in computers, albeit a hard one - to remember your password to your computer; or to at least create a password recovery disk if you are in the habit of forgetting the password.