Extracting Data from other HDD

[Splash_Man]

Heya,
Very sadly my laptop has decided to die I have called the warrenty people and they will take it back and fix/replace which is great.

However I have an enormous amount of work and irreplaceable files i have bought an IDE cable that allows me to plug my laptops 2.5" HDD into my Desktop machine. Ive hooked it all up and i can access the drive

However my main user account that was on my laptop was password protected, and if i try to access that users documents and settings i get an access denied message, i have tried through CMD but i had no luck

I really need to save this data and I'm hugely grateful for any help you can give me

Splash

 

[Cromewell]

Are you using an administrator account?

 

[Splash_Man]

Of Course

 

[Cromewell]

then you should be able to access locked folders, try adjusting the security premissions for the folders

 

[Splash_Man]

no i cant access it, remember its on another OS installation, how might i change its permissions?

 

[Cromewell]

Doesn't matter, an OS locked folder is an OS locked folder. What OS?

 

[Splash_Man]

Both XP Home SP2

 

[Splash_Man]

Should i try logging in as super admin?

 

[Cromewell]

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_home_sectab.htm

 

[elmarcorulz]

then you should be able to access locked folders, try adjusting the security premissions for the folders

no, if an account has a password, then even the admins cant look at it. or at least, ive never been able too.

EDIT: how strange, its never worked before, but i just tested it, and it worked

 

[Cromewell]

Yeah with an admin account I can get into any folder I want (not to mention I can remove the password on a passworded account without knowing what it is). Some guy brought his PC in for servicing at my last job and he had passworded his computer so I created my own and removed his password

 

[Splash_Man]

That security tab feature is working very nicely Im going through the laptop HDD, its working but its a very slow process i have to change permissions on every file and folder, is there a way you can change everything in a users folder to full rights to everyone?

 

[Cromewell]

I'm not sure, is there a cascade or apply to all containing folders option?

 

[Splash_Man]

Theres a check box called "replace owner on subcontainers and objects"
(You have top change the ownership before you can change the permissions

 

[Praetor]

Yeah with an admin account I can get into any folder I want (not to mention I can remove the password on a passworded account without knowing what it is). Some guy brought his PC in for servicing at my last job and he had passworded his computer so I created my own and removed his password

How well does that work if the Admin account has EFS say, in WXP? (especially when the passwords are locked in "c:\WINDOWS\system32\config\sam")