Re: Accessing admin account files from another HDD

Will @ XPC wrote:
> Greetings, I'm having a problem with a customer's Windows XP
> computer. His hard drive does not allow booting into Windows XP Home
> in normal/safe mode at all; it continually reboots. Using a system
> recovery reinstall doesn't work either. I've got a second drive
> hooked up and installed XP Home just fine, and copied his files from
> his accounts to it, but I can't access his admin account files, which
> he needs saved before I can reformat. Double clicking on his account
> in Documents and Settings just doesn't do anything at all.
>
> Is it possible to access these and back them up? I'm logged in as the
> administrator on the new hard drive but it still won't let me. I
> presume he's got them password protected or something, I'm not sure.
>
> Thanks -
> - Will
> Express PC Solutions
> Suffolk, VA
> 757-539-8491

Taken ownership?

As long as EFS is not involved:

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

How to disable simplified sharing & set permissions
on a shared folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874

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