cannot access original folders after parallel installation

[Guest]

My Laptop got the blue screen of death doing bootup right after the windows
XP splash screen. I did everything to repair the installation but it didn't
work. i figure i'd do a parallel installation and then backup my data and
reformatt the hard drive and start fresh.

After i performed the Parallel installation, I am not able to access all the
folders or files from the user of the original installation. some folder let
me access but other gave me error that it is not accessible; access denied
error. When I right click on the user folder and choose properties, the
Security tab is missing, that true on all of the folder when I boot into the
parallel installation.

I need to access files from the one of the users' folder, please help.

thanks,
Steve

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

My Laptop got the blue screen of death doing bootup right after the
windows XP splash screen. I did everything to repair the
installation but it didn't work. i figure i'd do a parallel
installation and then backup my data and reformatt the hard drive and
start fresh.

After i performed the Parallel installation, I am not able to access
all the folders or files from the user of the original installation.
some folder let me access but other gave me error that it is not
accessible; access denied error. When I right click on the user
folder and choose properties, the Security tab is missing, that true
on all of the folder when I boot into the parallel installation.

I need to access files from the one of the users' folder, please help.

thanks,
Steve

This may help :-

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

 

[Guest]

It would except that the Security Tab on the parallel installation is
missing. There is no security tab when I right click and choose the
properties of a folder.

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

It would except that the Security Tab on the parallel installation is
missing. There is no security tab when I right click and choose the
properties of a folder.

You might have success by booting with a "live" CD

Have a look at BartPE ( http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ ) this will create
a bootable CD that will enable you to see what is on the HD, if you
include Registry Editor PE (see http://sourceforge.net/projects/regeditpe/ )
to your Bart PE build you will be able to edit the registry on your HDD from
within the BartPE environment.

Ultimate Boot CD for Windows
http://www.ubcd4win.com/

Knoppix
http://www.knoppix.org/

 

[Malke]

It would except that the Security Tab on the parallel installation is
missing. There is no security tab when I right click and choose the
properties of a folder.

Next time please don't multipost. I already answered this in another
newsgroup.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting

Security Tab

a. The drive must be NTFS
b. For XP Pro, in Folder Options>View uncheck 'Use Simple File Sharing'.
That is the level used in Home, and for some strange reason is on by
default in Pro, too.

How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? -
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm


Malke

 

[ParanoidMike]

Can you confirm that in your parallel Windows install, you're logging
in as a user with Administrators access? I find one of the clearest
ways to verify this is to fire up Internet Explorer and browse to
update.microsoft.com. If you're not an Admin, you won't be able to
install any updates.

Once you're logged in as an Admin, and you can see the Security tab,
you should be able to access most if not all of these files. If there
are still some that are inaccessible, you'll be able to Take Ownership
of these folders.

If that still doesn't work, it can often mean that EFS was applied to
the files in those folders, which means you should make *sure* you
immediately backup *ALL* contents of the original \Documents and
Settings folder, and then look into one of the EFS data recovery
tools.

Write back with any further questions, errors or issues.

Hope this helps,
Mike