Re: password protected user on slave drive

From: JD (JD_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/15/04 

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:43:09 -0700

Can't believe it. Been working on this problem for about a week. Shoulda
come to you first-- only took about a half hour with your instructions and I
think I've got all my files back-- even my Microsoft Outlook email files and
address book. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You're the best, Matt
DuBois.

One followup question-- when I followed the instructions and was going to
log in as an administrator, I was surprised to see two administrator
accounts, one for me as "Owner" which I expected, and which I had password
protected, but another as just "Administrator" which was not password
protected to log on. Could this mean that someone could log on to my (and
maybe most any) computer in Safe Mode and get Administrator privileges
without a password?? And how do I protect this Safe Mode Administrator
account with a password-- I don't see it in User Accounts in the Control
Panel.

Thanks again for your help. Bye bye desparation..........

"Matt DuBois [MSFT]" wrote:

> The good news is that you're probably going to be able to get your files
> back. The slightly less than good news is that the process is a little
> involved on XP Home. Check out the following KB article and see if it fixes
> you up. You can reply back to this message if you have more questions or
> run into trouble, or even just to say that it worked for you.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421
>
> --
> This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "JD" <JD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4CC1B7A3-811C-4AB6-9BC7-632CD8EC5B49@microsoft.com...
> > My hard drive crashed. The restore CD did not recover it (I can't boot up
> > on
> > this drive). I bought a new hard drive, installed it as Master drive, and
> > installed the old hard drive as a Slave drive, hoping to recover my files.
> > Was able to recover all files from all User Accounts except mine, the
> > Computer Administrator account, which I had password protected in order to
> > open. When I go to my (Computer Administrator) User Account in Documents
> > and
> > Settings on this Slave drive via My Computer or Windows Explorer or
> > Microsoft
> > Word (Open File), or other programs, I get an "Access is denied" message,
> > with no chance to even try to enter my old password (which, by the way, is
> > the same password I'm using on my new (Master) hard drive).
> >
> > Since other User Account data files were OK, I remain hopeful that mine
> > are
> > too, if I could just access them. Any ideas? (Hate to admit it, but I
> > hadn't done a comprehensive hard drive backup for six months, so I'm at
> > least
> > a bit desparate.....)
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help. I'm using Windows XP Home Edition (with
> > SP2).
>
>
>

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