Re: How to bypass administrator permissions on my own system

On Feb 12, 1:07 pm, "Nepatsfan" <nepats...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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tom.locas...@xxxxxxxxxxx <tom.locas...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Feb 12, 10:59 am, "Nepatsfan" <nepats...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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tom.locas...@xxxxxxxxxxx <tom.locas...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a cloned copy of an older XP system on a removable
drive that
had several user groups. I recently reinstalled XP SP2 on
my
main
computer and now the removable drive no longer allows me
access to the
administrator accounts my documents folders. How can I
bypass
the file
folder permissions so that I may retrieve my old data?

You need to disable Simple File Sharing and take ownership
of
the files. Take a look at these articles for more info:

How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a
shared folder in Windows
XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows
XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

"Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a
Folderhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881

Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition,
you
must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with
an
account that has Administrative rights to have access to the
Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer
and
start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything
displayed
on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup
Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your
keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

My newer version of XP on my C drive has no user groups but
the
removable drive does and no longer recognizes me as the
administrator.
By booting in safe mode, doesn't that only affect the newly
installed
OS and does nothing for the removable drive? How is that
going to help
bypass the administrator file permissions on the removable
drive?

I probably should have asked this question earlier but what
exactly do you mean by "removable drive"? How are you accessing
it from your current XP installation? How is it connected to
your main computer? Is it formatted NTFS?

As for your questions, here's what taking ownership involves.

Unless the files were encrypted, being denied access to folders
on a drive formatted NTFS is usually a permissions issue. Often
it's simply a matter of giving your account Full Control
permissions to the folder. This gets complicated if the files
are from a different XP installation. You need to take
ownership of the folders before you can assign your account FC
permissions.

To take ownership and change NTFS permissions, you need to
access the Security tab of the folders properties ***. In
Windows XP Professional or Media Center Edition this is
accomplished by disabling Simple File Sharing in the Control
Panel -> Folder Options applet. In XP Home Edition, you need to
boot the computer into Safe Mode to gain access to the Security
tab. XP Home does not provide a way to disable Simple File
Sharing.

Post back if you have any other questions.

Good luck

Nepatsfan- Hide quoted text -

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I believe this is why I wrote back without trying it first. The
removable drive is just an external hard drive connected via USB. I
cloned my older XP Home Edition onto the hard drive and have since
reinstalled XP Home Edition on my c drive using a different Operating
System disk as I have lost the original. Therefore on the external
hard drive there is a different installation of XP Home Edition on it
and it is not a bootable copy as it is on a USB connection. When I go
to my computer via my current OS and click on my external drive letter
and go to the My Documents folder of the administrator account (cloned
XP Home Edition Version), I get the message access denied. So if I
boot up using safe mode, I will be booting in safe mode on the
resident hard drive and not the external drive and since XP Home does
not allow a disable to simple file sharing, how does the access to the
security tab work in this instance on an external drive?

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