Re: Obtaining Information from Hard Drives as Data Disks

Hey again, I managed to change the ownership of the Owner folder, but mid way
through changing the ownership of one of the files inside a subfolder the
process completely froze. So I tried to get ownership of the subfolder
itself, but it froze on the same file again...is their anyway for me to get
access to the rest of the files and folders beyond this point where it stops?
Because I cant see the folders, I cant right click them to get to the
security options.

Thanks for all the replies.
Alex

"Malke" wrote:

> Al wrote:
>
> > Both computers are running XP...when I right click the folder I want
> > to access on the drive and choose properties there is no security tab
> > for me to
> > click. And when I check the properties of the fold it says it's
> > empty.
> >
> 1. If you have XP Home, you will need to boot into Safe Mode to see the
> security tab. Here is more information about that:
>
> Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] -
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
>
> Other things that are necessary to have the Security tab:
>
> a. The drive must be NTFS
> b. If you have XP Pro, in Folder Options - View, uncheck 'Use Simple
> File Sharing'. That is the level used in Home, and for some strange
> reason is on by default in Pro, too.
>
> 2. If the above does not work for you, boot the computer with Knoppix.
> Knoppix is a Linux distro on a live cd. You will need a computer with
> two cd drives, one of which is a cd/dvd-rw OR a usb thumb drive with
> enough capacity to hold your data. To get Knoppix, you need a computer
> with a fast Internet connection and third-party burning software.
> Download the Knoppix .iso from www.knoppix.net and create your bootable
> cd. Then boot with it and it will be able to see the Windows files. In
> your case since you have two hard drives in the system right now, there
> should be an icon on the desktop for hdb1, which will be your slave
> drive.
>
> If you are using the usb thumb drive, right-click on its icon (on the
> Desktop) to get its properties and uncheck the box that says "Read
> Only". Then click on it to open it. Note that the default mouse action
> in the window manager used by Knoppix (KDE) is a single click to open
> instead of the traditional MS Windows' double-click. Otherwise, use the
> K3b burning program to burn the files to cd/dvd-r's.
>
> Malke
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