Re: accessing password protected folders

From: Nepatsfan (nepatsfan_at_SBXXXIX.com)
Date: 03/30/05 

Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:28:56 -0500

You can try taking ownership of the files. Take a look here for
the procedure:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&sd=tech 

-- 
Nepatsfan
"Kaushik" <arvindkamble@rogers.com> wrote in message 
news:u2Vg8YMNFHA.204@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>    Last Saturday night I turned off my computer as I normally 
> do.  In the morning when I went to turn the computer on, 
> nothing happened.  It kept going through an endless loop of 
> starting and restarting.  I tried using the HP provided System 
> Restore CDs, trying to use the Last Known Configuration, Safe 
> Mode in all its various forms (Networking, Command prompt, etc) 
> and nothing.  As it turns out, luckily,  I had done a backup of 
> all my data files 5 days earlier on a CD so it was not a major 
> problem.  I was just about to reformat my harddrive, when my 
> wife informed me that she had put in about 5 hours worth of 
> work into a Word document after I had done the backup CD.  A 
> major problem.  I took out the harddrive and connected it to my 
> in-laws computer but the Word document I need to access is 
> password protected in the folder "Documents and 
> Settings\Owner\My Documents\01data". Initially I could not even 
> see the "Owner" folder, however with the help of a friend I 
> have used the "cacls" command in DOS to gain access to the 
> "Owner\My Documents" folder but can't get into the "01data" 
> folder.
>    I have the password for the Owner folder but I don't know 
> how to get the system to ask me for it.  I just need one file 
> and then I can reformat the whole harddrive. Can anyone tell me 
> a way to gain access to the "01data" folder or even get the 
> system to prompt me for the password.  I will access the 
> harddrive as a slave harddrive in my father-in-laws computer.
>    Thanks.
>

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