Re: retreiving files off of hard disk

Hi,

With the HD in another computer and logged on as an administrator, use
the following article to take ownership of the files.
How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=308421

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Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/

nalanthi wrote:
> One of the computers here at my office had a major
> meltdown. so far as i can tell, the power supply, and
> either the CPU or the MOBO have perished. I plugged the
> HD into an external USB enclosure and have determined
> that the HD is still in working order.
>
> I would really like to copy the files off of it onto an
> altogether different computer. When i attempt to browse
> the user's documents, i get the error message "access is
> denied". So far i've attempted to create an account on
> the new computer with the same UN/PW as is on the old HD,
> and i've logged onto the new system as an Administrator.
> neither work for me.
>
> i'm assuming that i can connect the HD as the main drive
> on a system and log in that way... my only problem with
> that is that i don't seem to have an working system
> available. And trying to use the new system, i run into
> an issue where the computer will not even boot into safe
> mode...
>
> any suggestions? with as stressed as i am about this
> ordeal, i'm sure i'm forgetting to try many different
> things.


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