Recover Windows XP Home with Microsoft XP CD

The OS XP Home Edition on a Toshiba Satelite Laptop broke down with very important datas. I try to recover the system with an original XP Professional CD to safe the datas. During the process an administrator password is requested but I do not know wether this is the usual login password or something else.
Can you please tell me which password I need
or do you know any better way to safe my important datas?
Thank you!

he does not have to recover, he has to REPAIR,
if you have the XP RETAIL version not the one that comes with Toshiba...
you have to pretend you'll intall XP
the process ask for the destination drive you say option 1 C:
the process will tell you there's an XP already installed and will give you the option to press *R to repair* the system
(Be carefull if you press enter instead of R the system will install a new OS scratching anything on the HDD)
when I did this before I have not been asked for any admin password.

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