Re: 'Access Denied' In Recovery Console

From: Tom Scott (tom@thewoodbine.fsnet.co.uk)
Date: 01/03/03 

From: "Tom Scott" <tom@thewoodbine.fsnet.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 11:46:55 -0000

if the outlook thing is an email, send it before you reinstall, then just
get it after 

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Tom Scott
tom@thewoodbine.fsnet.co.uk
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"Neil Cameron" <ncameron@msn.com> wrote in message
news:av3s10$i64$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> I forgot to add - it's an NTFS volume and I haven't got a Win XP Boot
Disk.
> Could I reinstall Windows on C: just to get access to the files, copy them
> to D and then reformat?
> Would I be able to 'take ownership' of the directories?
> --
> Neil
>
> "Neil Cameron" <ncameron@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:av3ri3$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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