Obtaining Information from Hard Drives as Data Disks

[Guest]

Hey, I recently had a registry problem on my computer culminating in the
'blue screen of death'. In a desperate attempt to retreive a ton of files
that I will otherwise lose I have added my hard drive to another computer as
a slave, and data disk. I didnt even think I would be able to open the drive
and look in it but I can, the only problem I have now is that when I try to
open E:\Document Settings\Alex(Owner)\ I get the message "E:\Document
Settings\Alex is not accessible, access is denied." Is there any way for me
to get around this? And/or is there another way to retreive the folders and
information that was saved onto my old computers desktop???

I would be very grateful for any help, I have about 90 Gig of files resting
on this.
Thanks for any reply
Alex

 

[Guest]

Okay, I looked around on that site, and I am really at a loss. I downloaded
NTFSDOS Professional, but when I opened the porgram it started talking about
"bootable disks etc". Is there any way you could let me know exactly which
program to download, and breifly explain how I can retreive an entire folder
from my old desktop?

Sorry for my ignorance, and thanks for the quick reply.
Al

 

[Malke]

Both computers are running XP...when I right click the folder I want
to access on the drive and choose properties there is no security tab
for me to
click. And when I check the properties of the fold it says it's
empty.

1. If you have XP Home, you will need to boot into Safe Mode to see the
security tab. Here is more information about that:

Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

Other things that are necessary to have the Security tab:

a. The drive must be NTFS
b. If you have 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.

2. If the above does not work for you, boot the computer with Knoppix.
Knoppix is a Linux distro on a live cd. You will need a computer with
two cd drives, one of which is a cd/dvd-rw OR a usb thumb drive with
enough capacity to hold your data. To get Knoppix, you need a computer
with a fast Internet connection and third-party burning software.
Download the Knoppix .iso from www.knoppix.net and create your bootable
cd. Then boot with it and it will be able to see the Windows files. In
your case since you have two hard drives in the system right now, there
should be an icon on the desktop for hdb1, which will be your slave
drive.

If you are using the usb thumb drive, right-click on its icon (on the
Desktop) to get its properties and uncheck the box that says "Read
Only". Then click on it to open it. Note that the default mouse action
in the window manager used by Knoppix (KDE) is a single click to open
instead of the traditional MS Windows' double-click. Otherwise, use the
K3b burning program to burn the files to cd/dvd-r's.

Malke