Re: retreve files from NTFS disk after XP-crach

From: Robert Moir (maranbat@bitey.force9.co.uk)
Date: 07/11/02 

From: "Robert Moir" <maranbat@bitey.force9.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 14:47:35 +0100

"Åsmund Kveim Lie" <dontsendtothisaddress@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ORfX8.4558$eY6.88370@news2.ulv.nextra.no...
> Hi,
>
> I have been trying to solve this problem for quite a wile now and I would
> appreciate any help.
>
> The story starts one day I was working on my computer (with XP pro). I
> restarted the machine and when it came to HD detection it would not go any
> further. Hmm... Dead. OK, I inserted my XP CD and used the recovery
function
> to get an command window. Everything was there. I tried to install XP
again
> on top of the existing one, but no result. Then I tried to install XP
again,
> but this time reformatting the partition first (not c: but another witch I
> did not use), restarted. Nothing. Then I went over to my fried and
inserted
> my disk into her computer witch also uses XP. I found all files. The
reason
> why I went to all this trouble and did not just format the entire disk was
> that I wanted some of the files. The problem was that these files were
under
> My Documents.
>
> Even though I was an administrator on my friends computer (user with
> administrator rights) I was not able to access the files on my disk
> (Permission denied..). WHY??
>
> Is there any way I can copy them out before I reformat the disk? More than
> anything I want an answer to why this behavior? I could copy any files,
> except the once that used to be mine.. I also tried to make an new
> Administrator account with the same username as I had on my computer, but
no
> success.

Use the file/folder properties security tab to TAKE OWNERSHIP of the files
and folders. Then you can access them.

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