cant unrar old partition files

[ukstu74]

hi everyone,i have a hd from another pc i had (untill the psu fried my motherboard),the hd is in tact and i can get at all the files but when i try unrar the files from the recovery partition with winrar it fails to unrar anything,it doesnt ask for a password so i presume their is some other kind of security halting my progress,can you suggest anything to solve my problem?.thanks

[KenB]

Hi and welcome to ExTS

 

I am a little confused ......

 

i can get at all the files

So - you can access your data ......but can't open it - is this correct ?

 

the files from the recovery partition

Why are you accessing files in the recovery partition?

This is used to reinstall the Operating System

 

If you right click on a file > Properties

It will show something like .......example.doc ( I am interested in what follows the filename ...............in this case .doc )

What is the file extension ?

 

Are you suggesting that the files are all compressed ?