Recovering files from secondary HD by USB

[Guest Dan]

My old computer fried need to get files from it ,only have a laptop and a USB

External drive bay. I hooked the old XP Home HDD into the external pluged it

into the Laptop and it shows all the windows files but not My Documents or My

Music files. Any Help Appreciated.

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Dan

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: Recovering files from secondary HD by USB

 

"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:3FA7C57C-503A-4708-BD50-97F4536A329E@microsoft.com...

> My old computer fried need to get files from it ,only have a laptop and a USB

> External drive bay. I hooked the old XP Home HDD into the external pluged it

> into the Laptop and it shows all the windows files but not My Documents or My

> Music files. Any Help Appreciated.

> --

> Dan

 

 

Try taking ownership of the files. Take a look at these articles for more info:

 

"Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881

 

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

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

 

Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition on the laptop, you

must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an account that has

Administrative rights to have access to the Security tab. To start in Safe Mode,

reboot your computer and start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything

displayed on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup Options menu

appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard to select Safe Mode.

Hit Enter.

 

Good luck

 

Nepatsfan

[Guest Dan]

Re: Recovering files from secondary HD by USB

 

Nepatsfan

 

The problem was, when you entered the Documents and Settings folder then the

user name file there was no my documents folder there so I didn't get the

chance to get denied. I finally right clicked on the E: drive and shared the

e: drive and re-entered the drive and the file folder my document showed up

and was able to backup the data. Thanks for the post.

--

Dan

 

 

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:3FA7C57C-503A-4708-BD50-97F4536A329E@microsoft.com...

> > My old computer fried need to get files from it ,only have a laptop and a USB

> > External drive bay. I hooked the old XP Home HDD into the external pluged it

> > into the Laptop and it shows all the windows files but not My Documents or My

> > Music files. Any Help Appreciated.

> > --

> > Dan

>

>

> Try taking ownership of the files. Take a look at these articles for more info:

>

> "Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881

>

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

> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

>

> Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition on the laptop, you

> must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an account that has

> Administrative rights to have access to the Security tab. To start in Safe Mode,

> reboot your computer and start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything

> displayed on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup Options menu

> appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard to select Safe Mode.

> Hit Enter.

>

> Good luck

>

> Nepatsfan

>

>

>

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: Recovering files from secondary HD by USB

 

Glad to hear it turned out to be a simple problem. Thanks for taking the time to

let us know you were able to recover your files.

 

Nepatsfan

 

"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:CBEB5568-7F52-466D-8193-C74D856367CC@microsoft.com...

> Nepatsfan

>

> The problem was, when you entered the Documents and Settings folder then the

> user name file there was no my documents folder there so I didn't get the

> chance to get denied. I finally right clicked on the E: drive and shared the

> e: drive and re-entered the drive and the file folder my document showed up

> and was able to backup the data. Thanks for the post.

> --

> Dan

>

>

> "Nepatsfan" wrote:

>

>> "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:3FA7C57C-503A-4708-BD50-97F4536A329E@microsoft.com...

>> > My old computer fried need to get files from it ,only have a laptop and a

>> > USB

>> > External drive bay. I hooked the old XP Home HDD into the external pluged

>> > it

>> > into the Laptop and it shows all the windows files but not My Documents or

>> > My

>> > Music files. Any Help Appreciated.

>> > --

>> > Dan

>>

>>

>> Try taking ownership of the files. Take a look at these articles for more

>> info:

>>

>> "Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder

>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881

>>

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

>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

>>

>> Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition on the laptop, you

>> must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an account that

>> has

>> Administrative rights to have access to the Security tab. To start in Safe

>> Mode,

>> reboot your computer and start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything

>> displayed on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup Options

>> menu

>> appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard to select Safe Mode.

>> Hit Enter.

>>

>> Good luck

>>

>> Nepatsfan

>>

>>

>>