RE: Repair Re-install Goof Up?- Need Help

From: Ashokan Achari [MSFT] (v-ashach_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 03:26:41 GMT

Hi,

Yes, you are correct. The "UNKNOWN_ACCOUNT followed by a string of
numbers" is the old SID. Select the "UNKNOWN_ACCOUNT" and click on
"Remove" button. Then make sure Administrator and Administrators is listed
below the "Group or user names:". Then follow the steps outlined below to
take ownership of the file.

How to take ownership of a folder
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Note: You must be logged on to the computer with an account that has
administrative credentials. If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition, you must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an
account that has Administrative rights to have access to the Security tab.

If you are using Windows XP Professional, you must disable Simple File
Sharing. By default, Windows XP Professional uses Simple File sharing when
it is not joined to a domain.

For additional information about how to do this, click the following
article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
307874 How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a shared
folder in Windows XP

To take ownership of a folder, follow these steps:
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1. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then
click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if
one appears).
3. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4. In the Name list, click your user name, or click Administrator if you
are logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators group. If you
want to take ownership of the contents of that folder, select the Replace
owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
5. Click OK, and then click Yes when you receive the following message:
    You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder
name. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions
    granting you Full Control?

    All permissions will be replaced if you press Yes.

     Note: folder name is the name of the folder that you want to take
ownership of.
6. Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that
you want for the folder and its contents.

How to take ownership of a file
==========================
Note: You must be logged on to the computer with an account that has
administrative credentials.

To take ownership of a file, follow these steps:
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1. Right-click the file that you want to take ownership of, and then click
Properties.
2. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if
one appears).
3. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4. In the Name list, click Administrator, or click the Administrators
group, and then click OK.
         The administrator or the Administrators group now owns the file.
To change the permissions on the files and folders under this folder, go to
step 5. Click Add.
6. In the Enter the object names to select (examples) list, type the user
or group account that you want to give access to the file. For example,
type Administrator.
7. Click OK.
8. In the Group or user names list, click the account that you want, and
then select the check boxes of the permissions that you want to assign that
user.
9. When you are finished assigning permissions, click OK.

Hope this helps ...... :)

Ashok (Ashokan Achari)

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--Subject: Repair Re-install Goof Up?- Need Help
--Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:43:01 -0700 

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--XP Pro.  Have 2 hard drive system. Documents and Settings file kept on 
2nd drive. Partion also on 2nd drive for backups. Some files and folders 
kept on 1st hard drive (C).  
--Did "repair" of system with CD, due to sluggish operation. (afte backup 
to D on 2nd drive) It did a reinstall! Nothing left on C drive.  Now, all 
my files on D and E drive can be navigated to but back up cannot be 
restored.  Says backup device not found. Cannot recover and use any of the 
files. Many times told they cannot be read.  extension .pvaa was added.  
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--In file permissions I see UNKNOWN_ACCOUNT followed by a string of 
numbers.  Is that my old sid?  Can it be used to restore these files and 
settings?  Hope someone has a workaround or fix for this so I can recover 
these files in useable form.
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--Love to learn. Hate to study. Bad Combination!
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