Problems after crash

[superbikerider69]

Hi to all & Merry Christmas!!

 

Hope i can get some help on here - had some major probs recently

 

I have a Compaq Presario with XP. I downloaded a program last week which contained a virus which started doing strange things with the MS DOS - think it was that any way! After i rebooted the pc when that happened i couldnt do a system restore & windows wouldnt boot up unless in safe mode.

 

After trying everything else i did a Compaq system recovery & repaired the XP. Even though that worked fine & kept my documents, some of my programs i had installed were lost & everythinh was taken back to as it was when i bought the pc originally.

 

I have been reinstalling drivers & updates etc & slowly getting there. Am now trying to back up some dox to an external hard drive & keep getting error messages on some files saying access denied & it wont let me copy them to back up or open them to view. Its on pdf files & images like photo's. Its weird as when the images are in thumbnails i can see the picture but when i try to open it or copy it it says access denied.

 

I've just tried to download an EFS program & did a scan but didnt pick up any encrypted files. Really a bit lost now - any ideas why some of these random files arent accesable when most are?

 

Thank you

 

Jase

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Hi Biker

 

Welcome to FPCH

 

Have a read of this from the boys from Redmond and see if it helps.

 

How to take ownership of a file or a folder in Windows XP

[superbikerider69]

Hi Wolfey

 

Thanks for that - it has worked - have now been able to access files that were locked after the crash - brilliant as it involved some precious piccys

 

Only problem is i have a lot of files to back up as it includes some of the many pictures & dox i have on the computer - is there any way of doing this as a bulk lot or being able to enable a search to show which files are actually locked

 

At the moment the only way i can do it is by backing up to an external hard drive, wait for it to spot a file i dont have access to & then assign ownership to me & then start the back up again - but doing that for every file will take ages!!!

 

Thanks again

 

Jase

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Well Biker unless I'm wrong and someone knows a better was to take ownership en masse then it's a case of one file or folder at a time mate.

 

A real drag I know but such is life.

 

By the way XP does not run on MS-DOS

[Goku]

Hello Biker. I might be wrong but the most obvious and easy way to resolve your problem is to try and take the ownership of the highest possible directory. For example, if your files are stored in the Program Files directory and you need to take their ownership, you could use the instructions from here and apply it on its sub directories. This way, you will be granted the ownership of all the files, directories and documents available inside the Program Files directory.

 

So, if your files are stored in My Documents or My Pictures, you might want to apply the ownership options on the Documents and Settings folder, usually available in the C:\. Similarly, perform the steps to take access of any directory and its contents.

 

Hope that helps. :)

 

-- Goku

[superbikerider69]

hi guys

 

thanks so much for your help - took a while but by fiddling with the highest directories security settings i got it to do it on mass!!!

 

not sure quite how but its worked so thanks again - wouldnt of done it without your help

 

Jase