cant access my own files )-:

slorryy · 06-26-2007, 12:18 AM

Hi people
My pc mother board became faulty, so i bought a new machine
I took the hard disk out my old pc and made it a slave in the new pc
When I go to “documents and settings” then click my folder, i can’t access it, it says access denied.

I had a password on my windows settings on my old pc, how would I access my files now, it does not ask me for a password or anything, just access denied.
I can access the files of my bothers account fine, his did not have a password on the old pc.

kof2000 · 06-26-2007, 12:19 AM

because you set your files private.

Ryu Hitokiri · 06-26-2007, 12:53 AM

Make it your primary.

slorryy · 06-26-2007, 01:35 AM

Cant load my pc when its set to primary.

Any ideas hows i can make them unprivate lol

Ryu Hitokiri · 06-26-2007, 01:57 AM

Why can't you load it as primary? Change the jumper settings and the BIOS boot sequence.

slorryy · 06-26-2007, 02:05 AM

because its a new pc i have now, drivers are diffrent and it wont load.

any other ideas?

Ryu Hitokiri · 06-26-2007, 02:10 AM

You should be able to boot off any hard drive. Have you tried it?

slorryy · 06-26-2007, 02:12 AM

yes, pc boots up ok, but restarts just before it would normally start loading up windows.

**oscaryu1** · 06-26-2007, 03:19 AM

You cannot plug and play hard drives. If you have 2000, the loading will go and then stop right before the screen, XP will not load at all. Windows 98 + 95 can (I have tried.). I would recommend you to get the same mobo and replace it to get the files back (if their extremely important)

slorryy · 06-26-2007, 04:30 AM

this works woo hoo

boot the new system in safe mode, with your old drive attached as the secondary hdd (you want to boot the new copy of the OS.)

now, in my computer, open the old drive, right click on docs and settings. Now select properties, then select security.
select advanced, then owner, and change the owner to the one the one thats on the primary drive. make sure to check
the boxes at the bottom to do the subcontainers and such. click apply, wait a while (depending on how much data you have),
then click ok, etc, etc until your back at the desktop.

That should do it for ya.

This is avail in both xp home, and pro.

will work for any folder (I use this technique at least 2-3 times a day at work to recover data for customers).

if you have vista installed as the new os, I believe it will ask you to take ownership if you try to access an protected folder.
if so, just follow the prompts!

The error you get trying to boot the old drive on the new hardware is because the HDD controllers are different,
and the right drivers are not loaded.

06-26-2007, 12:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
slorryy Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 52	cant access my own files )-: Hi people My pc mother board became faulty, so i bought a new machine I took the hard disk out my old pc and made it a slave in the new pc When I go to “documents and settings” then click my folder, i can’t access it, it says access denied. I had a password on my windows settings on my old pc, how would I access my files now, it does not ask me for a password or anything, just access denied. I can access the files of my bothers account fine, his did not have a password on the old pc.

06-26-2007, 12:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
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06-26-2007, 12:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
Ryu Hitokiri Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 65	Make it your primary. __________________ Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP 2 Intel Pentium 4 Prescott 3.06GHz - Zalman CNPS 9700 LED AUGSBURG-G3 GV Seagate Barracuda 200GB SATA HD 7200RPM Maxtor 160GB SATA HD 7200RPM 1GB DDR PC3200 200MHz VisionTek Radeon 9250 256MB PCI 240MHz Corsair HX520W SLI Modular PSU Proview 19" LCD Flat Panel Logitech G5 USB

06-26-2007, 01:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
Ryu Hitokiri Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 65	Why can't you load it as primary? Change the jumper settings and the BIOS boot sequence. __________________ Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP 2 Intel Pentium 4 Prescott 3.06GHz - Zalman CNPS 9700 LED AUGSBURG-G3 GV Seagate Barracuda 200GB SATA HD 7200RPM Maxtor 160GB SATA HD 7200RPM 1GB DDR PC3200 200MHz VisionTek Radeon 9250 256MB PCI 240MHz Corsair HX520W SLI Modular PSU Proview 19" LCD Flat Panel Logitech G5 USB

06-26-2007, 02:10 AM	#7 (permalink)
Ryu Hitokiri Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 65	You should be able to boot off any hard drive. Have you tried it? __________________ Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP 2 Intel Pentium 4 Prescott 3.06GHz - Zalman CNPS 9700 LED AUGSBURG-G3 GV Seagate Barracuda 200GB SATA HD 7200RPM Maxtor 160GB SATA HD 7200RPM 1GB DDR PC3200 200MHz VisionTek Radeon 9250 256MB PCI 240MHz Corsair HX520W SLI Modular PSU Proview 19" LCD Flat Panel Logitech G5 USB

06-26-2007, 01:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
slorryy Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 52	Cant load my pc when its set to primary. Any ideas hows i can make them unprivate lol

06-26-2007, 02:05 AM	#6 (permalink)
slorryy Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 52	because its a new pc i have now, drivers are diffrent and it wont load. any other ideas?

06-26-2007, 02:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
slorryy Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 52	yes, pc boots up ok, but restarts just before it would normally start loading up windows.

06-26-2007, 03:19 AM	#9 (permalink)
oscaryu1 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,345	You cannot plug and play hard drives. If you have 2000, the loading will go and then stop right before the screen, XP will not load at all. Windows 98 + 95 can (I have tried.). I would recommend you to get the same mobo and replace it to get the files back (if their extremely important) __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

06-26-2007, 04:30 AM	#10 (permalink)
slorryy Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 52	this works woo hoo boot the new system in safe mode, with your old drive attached as the secondary hdd (you want to boot the new copy of the OS.) now, in my computer, open the old drive, right click on docs and settings. Now select properties, then select security. select advanced, then owner, and change the owner to the one the one thats on the primary drive. make sure to check the boxes at the bottom to do the subcontainers and such. click apply, wait a while (depending on how much data you have), then click ok, etc, etc until your back at the desktop. That should do it for ya. This is avail in both xp home, and pro. will work for any folder (I use this technique at least 2-3 times a day at work to recover data for customers). if you have vista installed as the new os, I believe it will ask you to take ownership if you try to access an protected folder. if so, just follow the prompts! The error you get trying to boot the old drive on the new hardware is because the HDD controllers are different, and the right drivers are not loaded.

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