-carty nutter Member 1,966 Member For: 21y 27d Location: Wagga Wagga Posted 16/09/06 12:02 PM Share Posted 16/09/06 12:02 PM so, my computer's main hdd shat itself the other day, and it wouldnt even let me do a re-install of xp onto it.so ive now got another hdd running xp, and put the old xp hdd in as the slave, but one problem, trying to copy my old pictures and save files from my admins folder to the new hdd, it wont let me, says access is denied...is there anyway at all for me to be able to get to the contents of this file so I can then save it all and then format the bastard...thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VLTurnaround Member 15 Member For: 19y 2m 9d Posted 16/09/06 12:12 PM Share Posted 16/09/06 12:12 PM isoripper, I think that's what the program is called, lets you get into most cd's hdd's and that that have been a bit roughed up, could be worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cro Flower Power Lifetime Members 6,114 Member For: 22y 3m 22d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 16/09/06 12:37 PM Share Posted 16/09/06 12:37 PM I am guessing your old drive had XP Professional on it, and so does your new one.If this is the case, or maybe even with XP Home, do the following.Open up "my computer"Go to "tools > folder options"Click on the "view" tabScroll all the way down and untick "use simple file sharing (recommended)".Click "ok"Then open up the old drivego to the folder where your documents are (e.g. e:\documents and settings\admin)Right click on that folder, choose "properties"Click on "Security" tabClick "advanced" buttonClick "owners" tabSelect current username (I.e. administrators)Tick "replace owner on subcontainers and objects"click "ok"click "ok" againIf you still can't access:Right click on folder again and choose "properties"click "security" tabclick "add" buttontype in current usernameclick "ok"ensure "full control" is selected for that usernameclick "apply"click "advanced"select "replace permission entries on all child objects........."click "ok"click "ok"You should now have access to all old files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5INFUL MASSIVE MEMBER Member 294 Member For: 19y 7m 19d Gender: Male Location: PERTH Posted 16/09/06 12:42 PM Share Posted 16/09/06 12:42 PM If the files/folders were encrypted using the built in windows file encyption thingo then unfortunately they're as good as gone. So far its unbreakable to those of us without a super computer of some sort.If its just a 'access denied' thingo, its probably just a permissions problem. Log in with an admin account. Right click the files, go to properties, click the security tab and click advanced. Click the owner tab, click your admin account and tick 'replace owner on subcontainers and objects' and click ok, then ok. Right click the files again, go to properties, security, click Add... and type in 'everyone'. Click ok. Click 'everyone' on that list and tick 'Full control'. Click ok. Problem solvededit: beaten. dam took me to long to type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-carty nutter Member 1,966 Member For: 21y 27d Location: Wagga Wagga Posted 17/09/06 02:31 AM Author Share Posted 17/09/06 02:31 AM thought you might have had it there cro... with that "use simple file sharing (recommended)" but xp home doesnt have it...think im gonna have to just start all over again with my save files and a few of my pics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 2m 18d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 17/09/06 02:50 AM Share Posted 17/09/06 02:50 AM Last but not least partition the HDD and make sure you put the pictures and files on one of the other partitions so you can format without worrying about loosing the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cro Flower Power Lifetime Members 6,114 Member For: 22y 3m 22d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 17/09/06 03:34 AM Share Posted 17/09/06 03:34 AM thought you might have had it there cro... with that "use simple file sharing (recommended)" but xp home doesnt have it...think im gonna have to just start all over again with my save files and a few of my pics...←not at all, find someone with an XP pro machine, chuck your drive in there and follow the instructions.Burn files to CD/DVD.I've never worked with XP home, so I'm not sure about the procedure there.Having said that, I know I am right in saying it is a simple permissions problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtRmn8 570Nm @1800rpm Donating Members 2,441 Member For: 21y 4m 10d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 17/09/06 04:49 AM Share Posted 17/09/06 04:49 AM Did you have XP Home as the OS on the old HDD?Is you current Administrator password the same as the old one? If not then create an account on you currunt install of XP Home with the same username/password. Just make sure that both username and password are the same. When making the new user account make sure to make it an admin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-carty nutter Member 1,966 Member For: 21y 27d Location: Wagga Wagga Posted 17/09/06 05:42 AM Author Share Posted 17/09/06 05:42 AM ^^tried the above...no goodand also cro, dont know anyone with pro, so no go there...might just have to stick to using this one I think now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockF6 Member 478 Member For: 19y 3m 28d Location: Melbourne Posted 17/09/06 08:06 AM Share Posted 17/09/06 08:06 AM a linux boot disc will solve your problems. it doenst suffer from the same windows "security" issues that you are experiencing.just do a search for linux boot disk on google and you will figure it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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