Access my old HD

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My old HD [IBM DeskStar...yes I know...] went dead on me. I have
replaced my old HD with a new one. Now I want to transfer my old
files onto my new HD. The problem is I didn't know that my old HD was
going to die, so I never worried about backing up my old files.

Right now all my files were in the 'My Documents' folder and they are
protected by my admin password. If I try to access any folder it
says, 'Access Denied.' Is there a way that I can use the password or
get around it so I can retrive my old files?

Right now I have the old HD connected through and IDE-to-USB external
drive. [Meaning, it takes my HD and turns it into a external USB
drive, which is how I can access it without it hurting my new
system.]

Please help me as I do not want to lose all my hard earned paper work
and such. Thanks in advance.

 

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Hi,

Sounds to me like you're trying to read someone elses hdd and you made up
this story to find out how? ;-)

...anyway, i'm guessing it's an NTFS drive.. and the password feature is an
implementation of windows&ntfs so you can get round it by not using
windows.. you could boot into dos and load the drive with NTFSDOS or I was
you I would find one of the Linux Distibutions that load entirely from a CD
without the need to install.. boot this up and then simply copy across the
files from the hdd to your local drive.




sammyc521 wrote:

> My old HD [IBM DeskStar...yes I know...] went dead on me. I have
> replaced my old HD with a new one. Now I want to transfer my old
> files onto my new HD. The problem is I didn't know that my old HD was
> going to die, so I never worried about backing up my old files.
>
> Right now all my files were in the 'My Documents' folder and they are
> protected by my admin password. If I try to access any folder it
> says, 'Access Denied.' Is there a way that I can use the password or
> get around it so I can retrive my old files?
>
> Right now I have the old HD connected through and IDE-to-USB external
> drive. [Meaning, it takes my HD and turns it into a external USB
> drive, which is how I can access it without it hurting my new
> system.]
>
> Please help me as I do not want to lose all my hard earned paper work
> and such. Thanks in advance.

 

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"sammyc521" <sammyc521@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
news:417f564b$1_5@alt.athenanews.com...
> My old HD [IBM DeskStar...yes I know...] went dead on me. I have
> replaced my old HD with a new one. Now I want to transfer my old
> files onto my new HD. The problem is I didn't know that my old HD was
> going to die, so I never worried about backing up my old files.

If we know when things are going to die, we replace them before they go and
no one would need backups!

> Right now all my files were in the 'My Documents' folder and they are
> protected by my admin password. If I try to access any folder it
> says, 'Access Denied.' Is there a way that I can use the password or
> get around it so I can retrive my old files?

I thought the drive had died? That would mean you could not access the
files, however, it sounds like you can still access the files. If the files
are protected by your admin password, then why not just type it in and copy
the files somewhere else?

> Right now I have the old HD connected through and IDE-to-USB external
> drive. [Meaning, it takes my HD and turns it into a external USB
> drive, which is how I can access it without it hurting my new
> system.]

It sounds like you actually have access to the drive, but can't get round
software protection. Someone in one of the Windows-XP groups should be able
to point you in the right direction. Try this one...

alt.os.windows-xp

 

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sammyc521:

> Right now all my files were in the 'My Documents' folder and they are
> protected by my admin password. If I try to access any folder it
> says, 'Access Denied.' Is there a way that I can use the password or
> get around it so I can retrive my old files?
>
> Right now I have the old HD connected through and IDE-to-USB external
> drive.

I had the same exact problem.

The short version: what you want to do will not work if the drive is
connected externally through a USB or Firewire interface. Basically you
must take ownership of the folder. If you have XP Pro it is more
straightforward, if you have XP Home then you must boot to safe mode to do
it; but the drive must be connected to an IDE port on the motherboard.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

--
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sammyc521 wrote:
> My old HD [IBM DeskStar...yes I know...] went dead on me. I have
> replaced my old HD with a new one. Now I want to transfer my old
> files onto my new HD. The problem is I didn't know that my old HD was
> going to die, so I never worried about backing up my old files.
>
> Right now all my files were in the 'My Documents' folder and they are
> protected by my admin password. If I try to access any folder it
> says, 'Access Denied.' Is there a way that I can use the password or
> get around it so I can retrive my old files?
>
> Right now I have the old HD connected through and IDE-to-USB external
> drive. [Meaning, it takes my HD and turns it into a external USB
> drive, which is how I can access it without it hurting my new
> system.]
>
> Please help me as I do not want to lose all my hard earned paper work
> and such. Thanks in advance.
>

IF your drive died, how is it alive for you to get the data???

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Gareth Tuckwell:

>> Right now all my files were in the 'My Documents' folder and they are
>> protected by my admin password. If I try to access any folder it
>> says, 'Access Denied.' Is there a way that I can use the password or
>> get around it so I can retrive my old files?
>
> I thought the drive had died? That would mean you could not access the
> files, however, it sounds like you can still access the files.

I have an old drive with the same weird problem, it stopped working in the
machine it was in and I couldn't get it to work in any other machine, yet
when I plugged it into an external box, it works just fine.
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If the old drive has died, then I'm afraid you cannot retrieve the files
without spending a small fortune at a disk recovery business. That's why we
back up.

--
DaveW



"sammyc521" <sammyc521@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
news:417f564b$1_5@alt.athenanews.com...
> My old HD [IBM DeskStar...yes I know...] went dead on me. I have
> replaced my old HD with a new one. Now I want to transfer my old
> files onto my new HD. The problem is I didn't know that my old HD was
> going to die, so I never worried about backing up my old files.
>
> Right now all my files were in the 'My Documents' folder and they are
> protected by my admin password. If I try to access any folder it
> says, 'Access Denied.' Is there a way that I can use the password or
> get around it so I can retrive my old files?
>
> Right now I have the old HD connected through and IDE-to-USB external
> drive. [Meaning, it takes my HD and turns it into a external USB
> drive, which is how I can access it without it hurting my new
> system.]
>
> Please help me as I do not want to lose all my hard earned paper work
> and such. Thanks in advance.
>

 

[Fremder]

I am having the same problem and to the person saying "Sounds to me like you're trying to read someone elses hdd and you made up
this story to find out how? ;-) " is retarded. They sound like they're 15 years old and would be the only person actually doing that, stealing hard drives that is...

Plenty of people have this legitimate problem and I happen to have not backed up my files because I'm on VACATION. So I dropped my laptop right in the kitchen area when I was done eating breakfast and the laptop itself is dead.. I took it apart and I can't figure out why it won't work anymore, I'm not a hardware engineer or anything..

I have the same problem, password enabled account and I need the files off my desktop and my documents. These are mostly just my pictures of family and locations on my vacation that we took. I tried to find any other answers to how to set the permissions and disable simple file sharing on windows xp home but I can't find any answers. This computer at a relatives house is my only saving grace, I have it hooked into an IDE to USB 2.0 /sata connector. So it's just plugged into the USB port as an external drive. I guess I might just have to wait until I get home because the computer I built at home is windows Xp professional and that's the only xp/home type article I found on windows help site.

I might even try using Linux to fix this problem as someone had suggested but I have never used Linux so it might take some time to figure out what I'm doing with it..

I wanted a simpler solution lol...

`Herb on vacation..

 

[sir daniel]

You need to take ownership of the folder(s) and file(s).

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

If you are using Windows XP Professional, you must disable Simple File Sharing. By default, Windows XP Professional uses Simple File sharing when it is not joined to a domain.

To do this part, you open windows explorer, click tools, folder options view, and uncheck the check box at the very bottom of the list.