Need to access a drive folder....

[Noctaire]

Ok, got one that's a bit irritating.

Client has a Windows XP Pro box with a second drive used for storage. The
configuration has an SATA drive for the OS, and IDE drive for storage, and
the IDE drive comes up a C.

The box was infected with a virus/spyware/whatever and a numeric folder was
created on the storage drive. This folder was inaccessible to make changes
to, delete, etc.

Naturally, said client proceeded to copy a bunch of his most sensitive and
important files from the storage drive to said folder.

I tried using CACLS to simply update the permissions on the folder and that
worked but it will not work on the folders below the main folder. Right
clicking on the folder to get to the security settings does not work;
although it is an NTFS volume, no security tab comes up.

Naturally, the client does not remember the administrator account's password
on the box, although the user account is set as a computer administrator.

Any quick and easy way to take ownership of the folder and get to the data?

 

[Guest]

First the IDE drive should be set to Master on the dips.
To take control you will have to boot into the SAFE MODE. and then follow
these instructions.

file and folder permissions, click the following article number to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/161275

Interaction of file and folder security on NTFS volumes

or try this

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874

Good Luck


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[Noctaire]

That did it. Learn sumthin' new each day; first time I've had to deal with
simple file sharing.

Thanks for the cite.

James