how to access a slave drive with xp?

G

Guest

My son came home on break from Penn State and brought his hard drive with him
from his Dell computer. He wants to get his music off the hard drive so we
hooked it up in my non Dell computer as a slave. We can see all the files on
the slave hard drive with xp except his account. Which I can't
access..."Access denied" I have tried creating an account with his logon and
password but still cannot access his files on the slave hard drive. Any ideas
on how to get his music since I knnow the logon and password?
 
D

Dave Patrick

As long as encryption isn't involved as a local administrator you can take
ownership. Explorer|"folder"|File|Properties|Security|Advanced|Owner and
take ownership.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| My son came home on break from Penn State and brought his hard drive with
him
| from his Dell computer. He wants to get his music off the hard drive so we
| hooked it up in my non Dell computer as a slave. We can see all the files
on
| the slave hard drive with xp except his account. Which I can't
| access..."Access denied" I have tried creating an account with his logon
and
| password but still cannot access his files on the slave hard drive. Any
ideas
| on how to get his music since I knnow the logon and password?
 
G

Guest

Dave before I take ownership of his files can he reverse ownership when he
brings his hard drive back to college with him or can he just plug it back in
and boot it up?
 
D

Dave Patrick

Yes and yes. After the drive is placed back in the machine then remove the
unknown user (SID) by using the same method.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Dave before I take ownership of his files can he reverse ownership when he
| brings his hard drive back to college with him or can he just plug it back
in
| and boot it up?
 

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