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| message from =?Utf-8?B?RW5jcnlwdGVk?= on 8 Jun 2004 |
Hi;
Sorry if this is a repeat but my first post doesn't appear.
My dell Pentium III motherboard died during a power surge.
The Western Digital 180g IDE drive seems ok, but used as a slave on another machine the documents & settings files are all inaccessible.
I bought a new computer with a 74 gig SATA drive. No software installed. I have an original Windows XP CD.
Can someone suggest how I can salvage the data from the old drive?
Thanks and regards,
HB
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| roger replied to =?Utf-8?B?RW5jcnlwdGVk?= on 08 Jun 2004 |
Hi,
Is there a permission problem?
If so, try to take ownership of the files:
HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421
For this to work, you need to boot in safe mode in XP Home (F8),
in XP Professional you need to disable simple file sharing in Windows
Explorer > Tools > Folder Options.
Good luck
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