My hard drive crashed and refused to boot, so I got a new hard drive and put a fresh copy of Windows XP on it. Now, I can access the old hard drive fine through My Computer, but when I try and go into my Documents and Settings folder to get my files, it says Access Denied. I assume this is because I had a password lock on my account, but is there any way to get around this?
2006-10-05 16:23:01 · 8 answers · asked by Haruhi 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
I am on the admin account of the new hard drive, but the files I am trying to access are on the old hard drive...
2006-10-05 16:30:32 · update #1
i'm assuming you have a system disk for xp. in your bios settings, make sure your boot order is set so that your cd-rom boots before your hard drive. put the disk in your drive, reboot you pc. the screen will say "press any key to boot from cd...." do so. let it do it's thing. then select r for repair. it'll ask you which copy of xp you want to log into. choose your old one, probably number 2 on the list. it'll log into your old xp. type help for a list of commands you can use in recovery console. if nothing else, you should be able to locate the files you want and move them, or copy them to your new hard drive. you might even be able to fix your old hard drive using commands like chkdsk, fixboot, fixmbr. try using attrib on the files to change their attributes. good luck
2006-10-05 16:55:47 · answer #1 · answered by scintillating69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find someone with norton ghost recovery disk & then boot to that disk - if it can see the disk it'll allow you to copy files from it (other than that it's a permission issue which would require you to find a way to log into the old drive as an adminsitrator or the particular user for which you are trying to recover files from - if stand alone machine (i.e. not part of a domain) try researching a way to crack adminsitrator access...good luck
2006-10-05 16:31:24 · answer #2 · answered by shortcut 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use a "linux boot disc" to boot an OS where you can access all the files on the hard drive, bypassing the permissions.
2006-10-05 16:30:40 · answer #3 · answered by PYRO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start up the computing device in secure mode appropriate click on the stress you prefer to alter permissions on click the securities tab. click the more suitable button click the proprietors tab. click as quickly as to concentration on admin/each and every physique (whichever is there) place a examine interior the examine field that asserts: replace proprietor permissions. Hit prepare click sure on all activates. this could take a while yet this could assist you repeat any and all documents type this stress. permit me understand how that works out. we used to apply htis to repeat peoples documents type crashed drives to new drives each and every of the time on the laptop shop.
2016-10-15 21:33:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mane files private and you have to retake ownership.
How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
2006-10-05 16:37:16 · answer #5 · answered by Scott J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Log into the administrator account on the new hard dirve. You should be able to see all files then.
2006-10-05 16:27:44 · answer #6 · answered by james 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a couple of sites that may be able to help you. I did the same thing and it helped/ I got back into my computer. I couldn't get past the first screen.
2006-10-05 16:31:10 · answer #7 · answered by Lana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enter your password, but best bet call "Support".
2006-10-05 16:27:09 · answer #8 · answered by I'llbdarn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋