Re: can't read folder - dell please help.
From: Agmeusic Bits (Neo_at_Theone.net)
Date: 09/30/04
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:18:39 -0400
I want to clarify my problem. I'm trying to get data off a friends drive so
I can store it while I reinstall XP on their machine. I've put their drive
in my computer as a slave. I only have one account on my XP Home Edition, so
I believe I'm running as the administrator. When I right-click on a folder,
I do not see any securities tab to click to take ownership of the folder?
Does this make it any clearer? Can I get the Administrator documents from
another hard drive onto mine? I know the password for their administrator
account, but their machine will not boot!
Should I still have to go into SAFE MODE to get administrator rights?
Help? Again?
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:el8xjftpEHA.868@TK2MSFTNGP10.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
>
> "Agmeusic Bits" <Neo@Theone.net> wrote in message
> news:1kQ6d.23036$tT2.1319501@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been trying to fix a friends computer, a Dell Dimension 4400, and
> > have
> > run into some trouble.
> >
> > It wouldn't connect to the internet, so I ran Norton and it wound
> > msblaster.
> > I removed it. Then it wouldn't boot properly. I took out the hard drive,
> > to
> > back up the data onto my computer. I can read most of the drive, but I
> > cannot read the documents folder for the login protected user. It says
> > access denied make sure folder is not in use. Now this drive is
connected
> > to
> > my comp as a slave.
> >
> > Can anyone help me save my friends data?
> >
> > Stuck
> >
> >
>
>
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