protected hard drive

I use XP pro.
My computer crashed...
Since, my C: drive is fully write protected.
Even the Administrator can't do anything.
It says "access denied" or anything like that whenever I attempt to start a service, etc...

So I am totally stuck.
I can't login with my old accounts neither create an account.
The only working account is Administrator.

This is surely given to my write protected drive C.

I have tried everything... but it is impossible to make it writable!

Th Only way I can write on that drive is to boot with the install CD
and do a shift F10. Or booting in recovery mode R.
But that gives me a console, that's all...
No explorer or anything like that.

So my question is :
IS THERE A WAY TO UNLOCK AN NTFS DRIVE or PARTITION?

THANKS FOR YOUR ANSWER















Patrick Keenan a écrit :
"Patrick Keenan" <test@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eNkumtf9GHA.3396@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Betsy" <Betsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:745A4142-9321-4CB3-8E5A-D4CCBEBBA7FB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi.. I have gotten a new SATA Computer and I have out my old hard drive on
the IDE cable. I need to access my backed up files in c:\documents and
settings\username but I never removed the old password I had to use to login.

Now I can't boot from the IDE drive as my old registry is gone (some huge
I/O error) and I need to get the files out. I have the password, I just
can't seem to enter it anywhere to get the access i need.

Can anyone help?
I'm assuming and hoping that by "password" you're referring only to your old account password. With one exception, that password is not an issue and it's easy to get past the "normal" case. The exception generally doesn't come as good news.

Normally, you'll just be getting an "access denied" message when you try to get to those folders. All you need to do is to take ownership of the folders, and you will have complete access to the folders and their contents. Note that the procedure for doing this varies depending on the version of XP you are using; in XP Home you can only do this from Safe Mode, while in XP Pro you must turn off Simple File Sharing first (in Explorer, go to Tools, folder options, View, and un-check the last item, "use simple file sharing").

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

The process can take a few minutes depending on the number of files.

And I had meant to add these lines but sent the post early by accident:

If you were using XP Home and/or only set the folders to "private", the paragraph below is not of concern as it doesn't apply. XP Encryption is not available in XP Home, and must be explicitly set in XP Pro, from controls not on the same dialog as simply marking the folder as private.


If, however, you were using XP Pro before *and* invoked encryption on any of those folders, and now cannot boot to your old account and did not export the account credentials, consider those files gone. The only ways to decrypt them are either by logging on to that account (which means you must run that system with that drive) and copying the files to an unencrypted folder or removing the encryption, or by importing the account credentials to a new account.

As well, you can specify a data recovery agent, but many people who decide to use encryption don't take *any* of the steps needed to permit data recovery. Microsoft did a good job at making strong encryption easily available, but perhaps not as good a job at making the implications clear.

-pk


HTH
-pk



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