Need to retrieve documents from old harddrive: Help please!!
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Date: 11/20/03
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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:04:37 -0800
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>-----Original Message-----
>Due to a catastrophic system error (i.e. stupid user
error), I ended up
>building a new system. I went from one system to another
with totally
>different chipsets. I stayed AMD, but I went from Via to
Nforce2. I was
>able to keep my harddrives.
>
>I had several very important documents in the "My
Documents" folder that was
>on my desktop which corresponds to the user in
the "Documents and settings"
>folder on the harddrive. That user, me, had system admin
rights. As such,
>I had a password and all files/settings were protected.
I've got to get
>these files back!!
>
>I was hoping I could boot into safe mode and use
the "Transfer Files and
>Settings" wizard to save everything. It should work. Be
slow as crap since
>the IDE drivers won't be loaded but it should work.
However, when I try to
>boot into safe mode the system reboots when it's trying
to load something,
>mpu.sys if I recall correctly.
>
>I thought fine, I'll boot off my WinXP CD and go to
repair. I get to a
>command prompt. I think great, I'll just copy the files
to the second
>physical disk drive, format the main drive, install
WinXP. Once done, I'd
>copy the files from my second drive to the My Documents
folder. I get to
>the promp that asks for a password, I enter it and it's
accepted, then I try
>to enter the directory and copy the files. Well,
everytime I try to access
>that directory, it says "access denied" or somethign
along those lines. I
>can't even copy it.
>
>I've since tried multiple ways to get the files.
Primarily, I installed
>Windows but to a different directory so no files would
get overwritten. I
>was hoping same drive, same computer essientially, and
same login info (I
>used the same login name and password as I did in the
past). I can see the
>directory on the harddrive, but it won't let me access
it. I tried swapping
>the two drives, setting the other on to master then
setting this to slave,
>installed windows on that one. No dice, same problem.
>
>I've got to do one of two things:
>
>1) I need to be able to boot into safe mode (that drive
has two versions of
>windows on it, the old installation and the one that I
installed but to a
>different directory). Any suggestions on how I figure
out why the system is
>rebooting and fix it such that I can get into windows in
safe mode?
>2) I can boot to the console in repair mode. Is it
possible to get into the
>"Documents and Settings" folder (the directory on teh
harddrive) from here
>somehow that's totally escaping me? I'm entering the
correct admin password
>at the prompt when I go to the console but it's not
letting me into that
>directory.
>
>It seems to me option one would be the one most likely to
work since I'd be
>booting into the version of windows (albiet in safe mode)
that accessed that
>folder. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!
>
>
>Chris Smith
>
>
>.
>
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