Re: 'Access Denied' In Recovery Console

From: Neil Cameron (ncameron@msn.com)
Date: 01/03/03 

From: "Neil Cameron" <ncameron@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 11:26:23 -0000

I forgot to add - it's an NTFS volume and I haven't got a Win XP Boot Disk.
Could I reinstall Windows on C: just to get access to the files, copy them
to D and then reformat?
Would I be able to 'take ownership' of the directories? 

--
Neil
"Neil Cameron" <ncameron@msn.com> wrote in message
news:av3ri3$u3k$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> I'm really screwed here.
> Ad-Aware blew my Registry away.  XP will not boot - gave an error on
> \Windows\System32\Config\System.  I tried to recover using Microsoft
> KB307545 but the system will not boot into any XP mode successfully to
> complete the procedure; even safe mode.  Then I started to get disk errors
> that CHKDSK said it couldn't fix.
> I've accepted (reluctantly) that I need to re-format and re-install; BUT,
I
> really need to copy my Outlook.pst file (it has all my software
registration
> keys in it) and some photos only stored on C:.
> I have booted from the XP Setup CD to the Recovery Console, but it will
not
> let me change directory to either "Documents and Settings" or "My
> Documents" - I get 'Access is Denied' - even though I am logged into the
> Console as Administrator and the directories are NOT encrypted.
>
> Any help gratefully received!
>
> --
> Neil Cameron
>
>

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