andystar351 Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 Not sur if this thread is in the correct section as it also includes a hardware issue as part of the problem. To cut a long story short......... 1 tower 2 drives, c:drive running XP and day to day programs, files docs, etc d:drive back up and storage. c:drive dies at the hands of a group of 10yr olds swapping files through MSN, c:drive becomes unusable (freezes on welcome screen and recovery/repair fails everytime). XP installed on d:drive but wipes backup in process (dohhh!) Used d:drive to pull shared files across from C to D in order to rescue and transfer to external source. all shared files easily recovered from c to d. Now here is the problem.... i also need some files and docs concerning my place of work and the junior football team i help run, but these were not in the shared files like my music and photos (for obvious reasons eg the 10yr olds!) The message is "access denied", the files themselves are not passworded or encrypted however the user account on which they are stored is (but only through the simple welcome screen/ log on). is there a way to route around this passworded and drag my important files across to d drive for rescue? Any thoughts or even soloution will be much appreciated and a sucessful file retrieval will result in a donation. Regards (HELP ME PLEASE!!!) Andy.
Guest Wolfeymole Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 Right Andy So C: got mashed so you pulled it and installed D: as the primary drive and installed XP yes? Now you want to get files off C: and it's giving you a no permission error yes?
andystar351 Posted November 12, 2008 Author Posted November 12, 2008 sorry in the delay in replying but yes you are correct on all counts so far, is there any hope ?
Guest Wolfeymole Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 The thing I'm wondering about is how you see a welcome screen from a drive that no longer is a boot drive. The message is "access denied", the files themselves are not passworded or encrypted however the user account on which they are stored is (but only through the simple welcome screen/ log on). Any answers Andy?
andystar351 Posted November 12, 2008 Author Posted November 12, 2008 ahhh i see the quirk, when you say pulled c:, it was not disabled or removed, D: is not primary drive but a second bootable drive as my c:drive is not working, i am only using d: too look in on c: and drag files across, so eventually c can be wiped and clean installed rather than repaired. The welcome screen that froze is on C: that is the passworded user account that holds the rest of the files i need files Hope this makes sence i am a bit out of my depth hence my cry for help.
RandyL Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 andy I think this is your problem. How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.Get help with computer problems. Join Free PC Help here Donations are welcome. Read Here
andystar351 Posted November 12, 2008 Author Posted November 12, 2008 Sorry Randy, nice try but right click properties does not show an ownership tab all i see is general sharing and customise, there are no advanced settings to access apart from security and sharing tab and that still throws up access denied. Arrrrghhhh !!
RandyL Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 andy please wait while we review this issue. We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.Get help with computer problems. Join Free PC Help here Donations are welcome. Read Here
Guest Wolfeymole Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 Ok Andy After serious thought on this issue we feel we have no alternative but to withdraw support under Rule 5 listed here. http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/rules-please-read/1721-rules.html#post8820 There are also considerable inconsistencies in your initial post which lead us to believe something is not quite right here. You cannot simply pull files from one operating system whilst in another. You state that you get the message Access Denied at the Welcome screen, this is not the message you would see should you enter an incorrect password. As we have said there are many troublesome aspects of your post which we are uncomfortable about and therefore we have to withdraw support. Please understand our reasons for doing so. Regards FPCH Administrator.
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