Re: Backup recovery after crash

From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 05/26/04 

Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 10:42:33 -0700

Try copying the file to your system drive. If you receive an error denying
you access to the file as is likely because it was created in a previous
setup, take ownership of the file as follows:
Note, file ownership and permissions supersede administrator rights. How
you resolve it depends upon which version of XP you are running.

XP-Home

Unfortunately, XP Home using NTFS is essentially hard wired for "Simple File
Sharing" at system level.

However, you can set XP Home permissions in Safe Mode. Reboot, and start
hitting F8, a menu should eventually appear and one of the
options is Safe Mode. Select it. Note, it will ask for the administrator's
password. This is not your administrator account, rather it is the
machine's administrator account for which users are asked to create a
password during setup.

If you created no such password, when requested, leave blank and press
enter.

Open Explorer, go to Tools and Folder Options, on the view tab, scroll to
the bottom of the list, if it shows "Enable Simple File Sharing" deselect it
and click apply and ok. If it shows nothing or won't let you make a change,
move on to the next step.

Navigate to the files, right click, select properties, go to the Security
tab, click advanced, go to the Owner tab and select the user that was logged
on when you were refused permission to access the files. Click apply and
ok. Close the properties box, reopen it, click add and type in the name of
the user you just enabled. If you wish to set ownership for everything in
the folder, at the bottom of the Owner tab is the following selection:
"Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," select it as well.

Once complete, you should be able to do what you wish with these files when
you log back on as that user.

XP-Pro

If you have XP Pro, temporarily change the limited account to
administrative. First, go to Windows Explorer, go to Tools, select Folder
Options, go to the View tab and be sure "Use Simple File Sharing" is not
selected. If it is, deselect it and click apply and ok.

If you wish everything in a specific folder to be accessible to a user,
right click the folder, select properties, go to the Security tab, click
Advanced, go to the Owner tab,
select the user you wish to have access, at the bottom of the box, you
should see a check box for "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects,"
place a check in the box and click apply and ok.

The user should now be able to perform necessary functions on files in the
folder even as a limited account. If not, make it an admin account again,
right click the folder, select Properties, go to the Security tab and be
sure the user is listed in the user list. If not, click add and type the
user name in the appropriate box, be sure the user has all the necessary
permissions checked in the permission list below the user list, click apply
and ok.

That should do it and allow whatever access you desire for that file even
in a limited account.

Then try directing the backup program to restore the file from the system
drive. 

-- 
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
"Alex" <alex.demets @ pandora.be> wrote in message 
news:8270064D-ABBC-4A5E-920C-036784F01B53@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I had winxp pro installed on a raid configuration.Due to a malproper 
> program installation causing havok (unable to start winxp again), I had to 
> reformat the whole array.Luckily for me(or so I thought) i made a backup 
> (using the winxp backup) on a separate disk i.e. a fifth disk not part of 
> the raid array.Also NTFS.
>
> After reinstalment of OS and other programs, I tried to restore the backup 
> file still present on this 5 th disk.....to no avail , no files are found 
> is the message.The file in itself is recognised as a backup file 
> though....
>
> Win xp pro is not yet activated again.
>
> Can you tell me what is going on , and more importantly, how I can recover 
> the files present in that backup file?
>
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Alex

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