Accessing old hard drive

Hi.
My version of windows (XP Home) recently failed. I had another hard drive
sitting around, so I just decided to install xp home onto it. Now that I
have it all installed, I need to grab some information off of the old drive.
Does anybody know how to do this? I have it set up as a slave drive... I can
see it in my computer... but I cannot locate the files I need to save. Most
of them were on my desktop... and my user account was password protected. I
really need these files before I format the drive... any help will be
appreciated.

Brian

Look in (old c: partition) doc's & settings folder/dir, your username
folder/dir, desktop folder/dir..
j;-j

"Brian" wrote:

> Hi.
> My version of windows (XP Home) recently failed. I had another hard drive
> sitting around, so I just decided to install xp home onto it. Now that I
> have it all installed, I need to grab some information off of the old drive.
> Does anybody know how to do this? I have it set up as a slave drive... I can
> see it in my computer... but I cannot locate the files I need to save. Most
> of them were on my desktop... and my user account was password protected. I
> really need these files before I format the drive... any help will be
> appreciated.
>
> Brian

hehe, i knew that much

my problem is that it won't let me access my username folder... and besides
it says the folder is empty. but more than half of that hard drive is
used.... so i know it has to be somewhere...now the quesiton remains... how
do i find it?

"Jaymon" wrote:

> Look in (old c: partition) doc's & settings folder/dir, your username
> folder/dir, desktop folder/dir..
> j;-j
>
> "Brian" wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> > My version of windows (XP Home) recently failed. I had another hard drive
> > sitting around, so I just decided to install xp home onto it. Now that I
> > have it all installed, I need to grab some information off of the old drive.
> > Does anybody know how to do this? I have it set up as a slave drive... I can
> > see it in my computer... but I cannot locate the files I need to save. Most
> > of them were on my desktop... and my user account was password protected. I
> > really need these files before I format the drive... any help will be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Brian

Courtesy of Nepatsfan....


You need to take ownership of the files. Take a look here for
the procedure:

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;308421

"Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;810881

Good luck

Nepatsfan



Courtesy of Rick Rogers





Taking Ownership:



Sometimes, in order to get access to a folder, you need to "take ownership"
of it. To do this, you must be using an administrator account, or an account
that has either a higher level of privileges or privileges equal to the
account currently in control of the folder. First, you must be able to
access the security tab of the folder properties. For the security tab to
appear in a WindowsXP Pro system, you must disable simple file sharing in
the control panel/folder options/view tab, it's at the bottom of the
advanced settings. For a WindowsXP Home system, you must restart in safe
mode and logon as administrator.



Right-click the folder, select properties. Go to the security tab and click
advanced. You can take control of the folders on the owner tab by clicking
on your user account, then click apply/ok. Note also that these sorts of
permissions are only available when using the NTFS file system, they are not
supported in FAT or FAT32. More details here:



HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]

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



An additional note for WindowsXP Pro users: This procedure will not help you
recover data if the files are encrypted. All you will be able to do is
delete them. To recover encrypted files you will need the original
encryption certificate or a Recovery Agent from the installation under which
they were encrypted. Without one of these, the files are not recoverable.






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"Brian" <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com> kirjoitti
viestissä:80BA68FF-3D83-4385-AED6-CF474940255A@microsoft.com...
> hehe, i knew that much
>
> my problem is that it won't let me access my username folder... and
> besides
> it says the folder is empty. but more than half of that hard drive is
> used.... so i know it has to be somewhere...now the quesiton remains...
> how
> do i find it?
>
> "Jaymon" wrote:
>
>> Look in (old c: partition) doc's & settings folder/dir, your username
>> folder/dir, desktop folder/dir..
>> j;-j
>>
>> "Brian" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi.
>> > My version of windows (XP Home) recently failed. I had another hard
>> > drive
>> > sitting around, so I just decided to install xp home onto it. Now that
>> > I
>> > have it all installed, I need to grab some information off of the old
>> > drive.
>> > Does anybody know how to do this? I have it set up as a slave drive...
>> > I can
>> > see it in my computer... but I cannot locate the files I need to save.
>> > Most
>> > of them were on my desktop... and my user account was password
>> > protected. I
>> > really need these files before I format the drive... any help will be
>> > appreciated.
>> >
>> > Brian