Access denied on fried drive

[Jim Dixon]

My boss's daughter's dell computer (say that 3 times fast!) got fried in an
electrical storm, I promised I'd try to retrieve anything I could, so I just
put her HDD into my system, booted it up, and voila! (a small violin, I
think) there is her drive as a local on my system.

I've burned 10 gigs of music files onto a couple of DVDs for her, but she
says there are some photos on there, and some email. If I try to access her
My Documents folder under My Computer it tells me "...My Documents is not
accessible. Access is denied." Any help around this?

Also, where would I find her email files, I did a search for *.dbx files on
that drive, and got back nada.

Thanks, folks.

 

[JS]

Access is Denied Error Message XP Pro:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881

Error Message: "Access Is Denied" XP Home:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823306/en-us

Also read this MS KB article about how to take ownership of files.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

Understanding and Applying NTFS Permission in Windows XP Professional
http://www.winxpsolution.com/ApplyingNTFSXPPro.aspx

JS

 

[Gerry]

Jim

Dbx files can be hidden.

Go to Start, Control Panel, Folder Options, View, Advanced Settings and
verify that the box before "Show hidden files and folders" is checked
and "Hide protected operating system files " is unchecked. You may need
to scroll down to see the second item. You should also make certain that
the box before "Hide extensions for known file types" is not checked.
Next in Windows Explorer make sure View, Details is selected and then
select View, Choose Details and check before Name, Type, Total Size, and
Free Space.

http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/backup/

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Ghostrider]

My boss's daughter's dell computer (say that 3 times fast!) got fried in an
electrical storm, I promised I'd try to retrieve anything I could, so I just
put her HDD into my system, booted it up, and voila! (a small violin, I
think) there is her drive as a local on my system.

I've burned 10 gigs of music files onto a couple of DVDs for her, but she
says there are some photos on there, and some email. If I try to access her
My Documents folder under My Computer it tells me "...My Documents is not
accessible. Access is denied." Any help around this?

Also, where would I find her email files, I did a search for *.dbx files on
that drive, and got back nada.

Thanks, folks.

Computer's probably fried. But does not seem like that the hard drive has
been impacted.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

My boss's daughter's dell computer (say that 3 times fast!) got fried in an
electrical storm, I promised I'd try to retrieve anything I could, so I just
put her HDD into my system, booted it up, and voila! (a small violin, I
think) there is her drive as a local on my system.

Actually, a viola is slightly larger, and has a lower range of musical
tones, than a violin.

I've burned 10 gigs of music files onto a couple of DVDs for her, but she
says there are some photos on there, and some email. If I try to access her
My Documents folder under My Computer it tells me "...My Documents is not
accessible. Access is denied." Any help around this?

If your boss' daughter hadn't encrypted the data files (which could
not have been done with WinXP Home), you may be facing nothing more than
a simple permissions issue. Have you tried taking ownership of the old
folders?

HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308421

Also, where would I find her email files, I did a search for *.dbx files on
that drive, and got back nada.

If I remember correctly (haven't used Outlook Express for years), the
email *.dbx folders would have been stored, by default, in C:\Documents
and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\Gibberish-like SID\Microsoft\Outlook Express. This
location is normally hidden, so you'll probably need to set Windows
Explorer to view hidden and protected operating system files.





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[Jim Dixon]

Thanks (a little late, sorry) for all the great help and advice on my issue,
folks, it worked great, and I was able to retrieve about 10 Gigs of music
and photos for the girl. She's not concerned about the email after all, so
I won't delve too deeply into that.

But once again, a great sigh of relief, and three cheers!

Jim Dixon

 

[JS]

You're welcome.

JS