Recovering data from a slave drive

[Guest]

I had problems booting up windows xp, tried to reinstall xp, did not work. I
know have a different hard drive as my master and the problem hard drive as a
slave. I am trying to get my documents and pictures off the problem hard
drive and keep getting an error message when i try to access my profile. Is
there any way of getting into this file to recover the data. Any suggestions
would be helpful.

 

[Nepatsfan]

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I had problems booting up windows xp, tried to reinstall xp,
did not work. I know have a different hard drive as my
master and the problem hard drive as a slave. I am trying
to get my documents and pictures off the problem hard drive
and keep getting an error message when i try to access my
profile. Is there any way of getting into this file to
recover the data. Any suggestions would be helpful.

You need to take ownership of the files. Take a look here for
the procedure:

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

Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you
must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an
account that has Administrative rights to have access to the
Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and
start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed
on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup
Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your
keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Guest]

I have tried that and I can not access the slave drive, it only allows me to
see what is on the master drive for profiles. Is there any other way of
recovering this data. I can see the entire drive through windows explorer
and can access everything except that one profile. Any other suggestions?

 

[Malke]

I have tried that and I can not access the slave drive, it only allows
me to see what is on the master drive for profiles. Is there any other
way of
recovering this data. I can see the entire drive through windows
explorer
and can access everything except that one profile. Any other
suggestions?

I'm not sure what you did and why you can't take ownership of the files,
but you can boot the computer with a Knoppix cd, copy the files off
that way, and then format the slave drive and use as extra storage if
you like. Then just copy the data to where you want it.

Information about using Knoppix:

An easy way to retrieve Windows files is to boot with Knoppix, 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. 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

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Hi,

Was your problem that you did not see the Security tab?

In that case (from KB article 308421):

<quote>
If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you must start
the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an account that has
Administrative rights to have access to the Security tab.

If you are using Windows XP Professional, you must disable Simple File
Sharing.

</quote>

 

[Guest]

Thank you...I will try this and hopefully it will work. I will let you know
the results later on.

 

[Nepatsfan]

Here's a suggestion. When you post a response to someone who is
trying to help you solve a problem you might want to include as
much information as possible on not only what you tried but
what happened when you followed that procedure. If you were
unable to complete a suggested procedure, point out where in
that procedure you encountered problems. Include the exact text
of any error messages you received.

Statements such as "I have tried that and I can not access the
slave drive" are far too vague.

Keep in mind the following:
If you're running XP Pro and you encrypted these files and/or
folders the recovery procedure will be quite different. If this
is the case, I hope you backed up the encryption keys.
If you're running XP Home Edition, you have to boot into Safe
Mode in order to gain access to the Security tab. In XP Pro,
you have to disable Simple File Sharing.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

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[Guest]

I want to thank you all for all your help. I was able to recover the data
from the hard drive. I was finally able to take ownership of the profile.
Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.

 

[Uncle Joe]

I want to thank you all for all your help. I was able to recover the data
from the hard drive. I was finally able to take ownership of the profile.
Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.

And Merry Christmas to you, Woodstock322.