Re: Access Denied on Windows XP Home. Can`t get my files from my old H
- From: Malke <malke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:06:15 -0800
Barnaby wrote:
I built a new system due to a MOBO failure and I used the method to take
ownership of the folder by booting into safe mode and I could see the
files I needed then on the old drive , but then I re-booted thinking this
"ownership" change would work in a full regular boot so I could transfer
the files (to the new drive) but it didn`t work. Now my computer won`t
boot into safe mode any more , just a quick BSOD right after I select safe
mode. Any ideas what is causing this ? I really need my files as I can`t
find my "backup" DVD I had made of them.
Permissions stay whether you are in Safe Mode or Regular Mode. Something
else is wrong and I would suspect that the old hard drive is failing. You
didn't say how you connected the old drive, but it sounds like you attached
it internally. Sometimes XP will not want to boot with a damaged hard drive
connected.
Put the old hard drive in a USB external enclosure. Boot the new system
without the enclosure attached. Once Windows is up and running, attach the
enclosure and copy your files off. If Windows doesn't boot properly without
the old drive connected, you have hardware issues with the new system you
built and should troubleshoot accordingly.
If Windows runs OK but freezes/crashes when you are trying to get files off
the old drive in the enclosure, the old drive has physically failed.
Malke
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