accessing removed harddrive

[Guest]

I am about to remove my main HD with XP on it and replace it with 2 W.D. HD's
with RAID striped array on a Gigabyte GA-7VAXP MB.
My question is "with security on XP, after i remove my old harddrive will I
be able to access the files on the drive if I place it on a secondary ide
slot?"

 

[Jim Macklin]

Yes, but you will need to "take ownership" of the files.
See MS article http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421



|I am about to remove my main HD with XP on it and replace
it with 2 W.D. HD's
| with RAID striped array on a Gigabyte GA-7VAXP MB.
| My question is "with security on XP, after i remove my old
harddrive will I
| be able to access the files on the drive if I place it on
a secondary ide
| slot?"

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

I am about to remove my main HD with XP on it and replace it with 2 W.D. HD's
with RAID striped array on a Gigabyte GA-7VAXP MB.
My question is "with security on XP, after i remove my old harddrive will I
be able to access the files on the drive if I place it on a secondary ide
slot?"

There should be no problem doing this, HOWEVER, if you have used the
EFS encryption facility special precautions need to be taken.

These links may be of use :-

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&sd=tech

Step-by-Step Guide to Migrating Files and Settings
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/mgrtfset.mspx

Using the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard in Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_november12.mspx

The Encrypting File System
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/cryptographyetc/efs.mspx

Best practices for the Encrypting File System
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223316/en-us

 

[Guest]

Well I set up the raid and is now my main boot disk of G: running XP. But I
still have my old C: drive with my original XP on it but I want to format it
and remove it from this same computer. I booted into "safe mode" and changed
the security permissions on the drive and rebooted. I then went to "Disk
Managment" to see if I could format or fdisk the drive and those options were
not available on that drive (dimmed). How do I wipe out this old drive to use
elsewhere?