Hard drive problems
Discussion
After having a few problems with my PC I decided to grab a new one and stick my old hard drive in as a slave.
The main problem comes when i try and access my documents on the slave drive it won't allow access. Now i'm assuming it was because the account was the computer administrators account and was password protected. The other accounts were user accounts and had passwords as well but i can gain access to the documents in these without any problems at all.
Is there anyway I can either get round the password or enter it so I can gain access and retrieve my documents?
Can't stick it in old PC as it's kaput(CMOS Battery gone and don't have the settings to reset it if I put a new battery in!). I've had it in my sons PC but it wont recognise the drive whenever I try and set it as the master drive (wont start properly)
Any ideas?:(
The main problem comes when i try and access my documents on the slave drive it won't allow access. Now i'm assuming it was because the account was the computer administrators account and was password protected. The other accounts were user accounts and had passwords as well but i can gain access to the documents in these without any problems at all.
Is there anyway I can either get round the password or enter it so I can gain access and retrieve my documents?
Can't stick it in old PC as it's kaput(CMOS Battery gone and don't have the settings to reset it if I put a new battery in!). I've had it in my sons PC but it wont recognise the drive whenever I try and set it as the master drive (wont start properly)
Any ideas?:(
if you put your drive in as a slave you should be able to access it irrespective of security , i assume your pc recognises the drive ,is so can you do a directory from the dos prompt ,assuming windows XP go to start run type cmd
return
dir D: (assuming computer has allocated D to the drive)
if you get rubbish listed your bios may be misreading the drive
return
dir D: (assuming computer has allocated D to the drive)
if you get rubbish listed your bios may be misreading the drive
Ok the drive is recognised as D and it lists the directories when you type in dir D: . Havn't been able to get anywhere by changing the security settings and access permissions. I can gain access to all the other users data and documents (not that there were that many) however I cannot gain access to my accounts documents and pictures. All i get when i click on the folder is"D
ocuments and settingscomputer is not accessible access is denied" in a popup box. I can't see my whole account just dissapearing but i'm starting to worry that this is what caused the last PC to freak out not the CMOS!
Any suggestions? Or is there a programme i can download that will allow me to extract all the files and put them on my new drive?
>> Edited by wolf1 on Sunday 30th October 15:24
ocuments and settingscomputer is not accessible access is denied" in a popup box. I can't see my whole account just dissapearing but i'm starting to worry that this is what caused the last PC to freak out not the CMOS! Any suggestions? Or is there a programme i can download that will allow me to extract all the files and put them on my new drive?
>> Edited by wolf1 on Sunday 30th October 15:24
If you encrypted the (now slave) disk on the old computer, and you can't boot from it, and you didn't make the floppy disk for carting the certificate around on, you're unfortunately SOL.
If you didn't, you should be able to log in as Administrator and take ownership of the files on the slave disk, at which point you should be able to copy the required files somewhere useful.
If you didn't, you should be able to log in as Administrator and take ownership of the files on the slave disk, at which point you should be able to copy the required files somewhere useful.
CommanderJameson said:
If you encrypted the (now slave) disk on the old computer, and you can't boot from it, and you didn't make the floppy disk for carting the certificate around on, you're unfortunately SOL.
If you didn't, you should be able to log in as Administrator and take ownership of the files on the slave disk, at which point you should be able to copy the required files somewhere useful.
Never encrypted it but still can't get into my documents. The folders for all the users on the computer were all in the same folder "Documents and settings" But the only one I can't get into is mine. There were three accounts
Mine, administrator privilages, with password
The wifes' user status only with password
Sons' user status only no password
Mine is the only one that won't play.
wolf1 said:
If you encrypted the (now slave) disk on the old computer, and you can't boot from it, and you didn't make the floppy disk for carting the certificate around on, you're unfortunately SOL.
If you didn't, you should be able to log in as Administrator and take ownership of the files on the slave disk, at which point you should be able to copy the required files somewhere useful.
Never encrypted it but still can't get into my documents. The folders for all the users on the computer were all in the same folder "Documents and settings" But the only one I can't get into is mine. There were three accounts
Mine, administrator privilages, with password
The wifes' user status only with password
Sons' user status only no password
Mine is the only one that won't play.
Turn off the silly welcome screen for the time being: Control Panel, User Accounts, Change the way users log on or off. You might need to switch Control Panel to Classic view to do this.
Right-click My Computer, choose Manage, go to Local Users And Groups, expand users, right-click Administrator, choose Set Password.
Now log in as Administrator, NOT your own user.
Right-click on the files, choose properties, choose Security, click the Advanced button, click on the Owner tab, click on the user you want and check the "replace owner on subcontainers and objects" checkbox, click OK.
If THAT doesn't work, then run chkdsk:
Click start, choose Run..., type "CMD", and in the command prompt window, type "CHKDSK /V /F D:"
Amongst other things, this should tidy up stray security thingies.
CommanderJameson said:
Turn off the silly welcome screen for the time being: Control Panel, User Accounts, Change the way users log on or off. You might need to switch Control Panel to Classic view to do this.
Right-click My Computer, choose Manage, go to Local Users And Groups, expand users, right-click Administrator, choose Set Password.
Now log in as Administrator, NOT your own user.
Right-click on the files, choose properties, choose Security, click the Advanced button, click on the Owner tab, click on the user you want and check the "replace owner on subcontainers and objects" checkbox, click OK.
You sir are a god! I can't thank you enough please feel free to have any drink you fancy.
Thank you
Wolf1
wolf1 said:
Turn off the silly welcome screen for the time being: Control Panel, User Accounts, Change the way users log on or off. You might need to switch Control Panel to Classic view to do this.
Right-click My Computer, choose Manage, go to Local Users And Groups, expand users, right-click Administrator, choose Set Password.
Now log in as Administrator, NOT your own user.
Right-click on the files, choose properties, choose Security, click the Advanced button, click on the Owner tab, click on the user you want and check the "replace owner on subcontainers and objects" checkbox, click OK.
You sir are a god! I can't thank you enough please feel free to have any drink you fancy.
Thank you
Wolf1
Glad to be of service!
*flies off to Riedquat to zap a few Kraits and Mambas.
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