- Mar 6, 2013
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Hello,
I have recently acquired a laptop from a friend who is not using it anymore, due to the problem listed above at boot: NTLDR is missing. The easy way to bypass this problem is, of course, reinstall the OS but I was asked to back up the data in the hard disk first. This is a PATA HDD and I do not have any 44-pin connectors so connecting it to another PC is not an option. Luckily, the drive was already divided into two partitions so I tried reinstalling Windows XP on one partition. I could now access the computer's files but could not copy some of them onto an external storage medium because of the above error message: Cannot copy file: Access Denied. I tried changing settings in the 'Security' tab for all folders in the root directory of the drive. However some files still refused to copy. I tried using the Administrator account but to no avail. I cannot possibly apply these file permission settings to every single file and folder.
I had a spare Windows disc lying around which I thought I could use to repair but when I inserted it it only gives me the option of using Recovery Console (which I have no idea how to use) and not a second 'repair' option after proceeding to install which some people mention.
How would I get the data backed up to an external medium given these two problems? Repair the installation somehow or force file sharing permissions? I would prefer to boot into the original Windows XP installation, but the easier solution is the better.
Thanks in advance.
I have recently acquired a laptop from a friend who is not using it anymore, due to the problem listed above at boot: NTLDR is missing. The easy way to bypass this problem is, of course, reinstall the OS but I was asked to back up the data in the hard disk first. This is a PATA HDD and I do not have any 44-pin connectors so connecting it to another PC is not an option. Luckily, the drive was already divided into two partitions so I tried reinstalling Windows XP on one partition. I could now access the computer's files but could not copy some of them onto an external storage medium because of the above error message: Cannot copy file: Access Denied. I tried changing settings in the 'Security' tab for all folders in the root directory of the drive. However some files still refused to copy. I tried using the Administrator account but to no avail. I cannot possibly apply these file permission settings to every single file and folder.
I had a spare Windows disc lying around which I thought I could use to repair but when I inserted it it only gives me the option of using Recovery Console (which I have no idea how to use) and not a second 'repair' option after proceeding to install which some people mention.
How would I get the data backed up to an external medium given these two problems? Repair the installation somehow or force file sharing permissions? I would prefer to boot into the original Windows XP installation, but the easier solution is the better.
Thanks in advance.
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