Re: Documents access denied

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From: Leadfoot (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 09/19/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 01:07:49 -0700

Thank you for helping me recover 18GB of music I've collected over the
years. Now I need to put them on a couple of DVD's
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OW3SK0dnEHA.2096@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> You need to take ownership of them. Right-click the folder, select
> properties. Go to the security tab and click advanced. You can take
control
> of the folders on the owner tab. For the security tab to appear in a WinXP
> Pro system, you must disable simple file sharing in the control
panel/folder
> options/view tab. For a WinXP Home system, you must restart in safe mode
and
> logon as administrator. More details here:
>
> HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
>
> An additional note for WinXP Pro users: This procedure will not help you
> recover data if the files are encrypted. All you will be able to do is
> delete them. To recover encrypted files you will need the original
> encryption certificate or a Recovery Agent from the installation under
which
> they were encrypted. Without one of these, the files are not recoverable.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Leadfoot" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:0233d.324288$Oi.272388@fed1read04...
> >I have a hard drive with windowsxp corrupted. I can access the hard
drive
> > from another hard drive but can't transfer the files in "my documents"
as
> > I
> > get "access denied".
> >
> > I have the password for the copy of windows on the hardrive that is
> > corrupted.
> >
> > Is there a way to get the files transferred to another hard drive?
> >
> >
>
>

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