Re: Access NTFS Drive in another system

From: Michael Cecil (macecil@attbi.com)
Date: 02/18/03


From: Michael Cecil <macecil@attbi.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 00:14:46 GMT


On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 18:18:48 -0500, "Geoffrey Aldrich"
<NOSPAMgeoffaldrich@attbi.com> wrote:

>Hello Group,
>I hope this is the right place to ask about this. My system was running
>Windows XP Home Edition and somehow, my Windows installation became
>corrupted and wouldn't boot.
>
>I needed to move the drive into another XP Home Edition system, and I can
>access some files, but not others.
>
>I would like to know, how can I remove all security information on the drive
>(which is NTFS) so that I can access everything while the drive is in the
>other system?

Reboot into safe mode so you are logged into the Administrative
account and then the security tab should be available for you to take
possession of the "access denied" folders.

-- 
Michael Cecil
macecil@attbi.com
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