Re: Recovering data from a slave drive

Thank you...I will try this and hopefully it will work. I will let you know
the results later on.

"Malke" wrote:

> woodstock322 wrote:
>
> > I have tried that and I can not access the slave drive, it only allows
> > me to see what is on the master drive for profiles. Is there any other
> > way of
> > recovering this data. I can see the entire drive through windows
> > explorer
> > and can access everything except that one profile. Any other
> > suggestions?
> >
> > "Nepatsfan" wrote:
> >
> >> In A678D265-AE83-4EFB-BFD1-4F88EC923FDB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> woodstock322 wrote:
> >> > I had problems booting up windows xp, tried to reinstall xp,
> >> > did not work. I know have a different hard drive as my
> >> > master and the problem hard drive as a slave. I am trying
> >> > to get my documents and pictures off the problem hard drive
> >> > and keep getting an error message when i try to access my
> >> > profile. Is there any way of getting into this file to
> >> > recover the data. Any suggestions would be helpful.
> >>
> >> You need to take ownership of the files. Take a look here for
> >> the procedure:
> >>
> >> How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421
>
> I'm not sure what you did and why you can't take ownership of the files,
> but you can boot the computer with a Knoppix cd, copy the files off
> that way, and then format the slave drive and use as extra storage if
> you like. Then just copy the data to where you want it.
>
> Information about using Knoppix:
>
> An easy way to retrieve Windows files is to boot with Knoppix, 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. 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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