Re: Obtaining Information from Hard Drives as Data Disks

What I am getting now is like a cycle redundancy when I try to obtain
ownership of each individual subfolder. The transfer window appears but
doesnt make any progress, then the window stops responding...any suggestions?

Al

"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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