Guest wasted Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 Hi A friend's computer keeps shutting down sometimes after a few seconds, sometimes a few minutes - it's an ageing Dell and she is going to replace it, but wanted to get all her photos and documents off the hard disk (NO she hadn't backed them up!!). It was so difficult trying to do it on her computer that I removed the hard disk and have hooked it up to my own - I can see the disk and all the programme files in Windows Explorer, but under Documents and Settings I don't see her user name at all, and in "Default User" the My Documents folder is empty. Also, My Pictures folder is nowhere to be seen - yet it was there - I saw it fleetingly several times back on the original machine. The disk is NTFS formatted and has Win XP Home on it. I have Win XP Pro. Any ideas why her stuff isn't visible and what i can do about it? Thanks
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 Re: can't see files after removing hard disk wasted wrote: > A friend's computer keeps shutting down sometimes after a few > seconds, sometimes a few minutes - it's an ageing Dell and she is > going to replace it, but wanted to get all her photos and documents > off the hard disk (NO she hadn't backed them up!!). It was so > difficult trying to do it on her computer that I removed the hard > disk and have hooked it up to my own - I can see the disk and all > the programme files in Windows Explorer, but under Documents and > Settings I don't see her user name at all, and in "Default User" > the My Documents folder is empty. Also, My Pictures folder is > nowhere to be seen - yet it was there - I saw it fleetingly several > times back on the original machine. > The disk is NTFS formatted and has Win XP Home on it. I have Win XP > Pro. > Any ideas why her stuff isn't visible and what i can do about it? What names ARE seen under Documents and Settings? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest wasted Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 Re: can't see files after removing hard disk Thanks for replying - but I found a way around - used the Bart bootable disc, and from there could see everything. In answer to your query I could see Adminstrator, Default User, All Users - but none of them contained what i was after. From Bart's disk I coud also see "Owner" - and there were all the files and folders!! Thanks again for bothering though. very kind.
Guest Mistoffolees Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 Re: can't see files after removing hard disk wasted wrote: > Hi > > A friend's computer keeps shutting down sometimes after a few seconds, > sometimes a few minutes - it's an ageing Dell and she is going to replace > it, but wanted to get all her photos and documents off the hard disk (NO she > hadn't backed them up!!). It was so difficult trying to do it on her > computer that I removed the hard disk and have hooked it up to my own - I > can see the disk and all the programme files in Windows Explorer, but under > Documents and Settings I don't see her user name at all, and in "Default > User" the My Documents folder is empty. Also, My Pictures folder is nowhere > to be seen - yet it was there - I saw it fleetingly several times back on > the original machine. > > The disk is NTFS formatted and has Win XP Home on it. I have Win XP Pro. > > Any ideas why her stuff isn't visible and what i can do about it? > > Thanks > > Too complex to troubleshoot via Internet. It might be better to just remove the friend's hard drive from the computer, put it into an USB or Firewire external drive enclosure or adapter and to access it.
Guest Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 Re: can't see files after removing hard disk Try taking owership of the contents of the Documents and Settings folder. See Help and Support and search for "take ownership" HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421 -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "wasted" <rubbish@xxnone.com> wrote in message news:13bro87s2uaa7a2@corp.supernews.com... > Hi > > A friend's computer keeps shutting down sometimes after a few seconds, > sometimes a few minutes - it's an ageing Dell and she is going to replace > it, but wanted to get all her photos and documents off the hard disk (NO > she hadn't backed them up!!). It was so difficult trying to do it on her > computer that I removed the hard disk and have hooked it up to my own - I > can see the disk and all the programme files in Windows Explorer, but > under Documents and Settings I don't see her user name at all, and in > "Default User" the My Documents folder is empty. Also, My Pictures folder > is nowhere to be seen - yet it was there - I saw it fleetingly several > times back on the original machine. > > The disk is NTFS formatted and has Win XP Home on it. I have Win XP Pro. > > Any ideas why her stuff isn't visible and what i can do about it? > > Thanks >
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