Must copy a folder but....

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I am working on a laptop for a friend. I have the hard drive
out and connected to my system via adapter. I can see the
folder that she wants to save. But when I try to open the
folder, I get a message, "F:\Documentsand Settings\angelique
is not accessible. Access is denied."

I have seen that before when a user is password protected.
I asked her and have the password, but I don't get a chance
to enter it when the hard drive is in my computer.

The problem is that her laptop won't boot. It blue screens
with problem that winsrv.exe wasn't found. I was going to
reformat and load her laptop from scratch so that it was
right.

It won't go into safe mode either. So the problem is how
to copy the data before I wipe the hard drive....

Any help???
 
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "marcy said:
I am working on a laptop for a friend. I have the hard drive
out and connected to my system via adapter. I can see the
folder that she wants to save. But when I try to open the
folder, I get a message, "F:\Documentsand Settings\angelique
is not accessible. Access is denied."

I have seen that before when a user is password protected.
I asked her and have the password, but I don't get a chance
to enter it when the hard drive is in my computer.

The problem is that her laptop won't boot. It blue screens
with problem that winsrv.exe wasn't found. I was going to
reformat and load her laptop from scratch so that it was
right.

It won't go into safe mode either. So the problem is how
to copy the data before I wipe the hard drive....

Any help???
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Which OS is/was she running?
Also, which OS are you running?
 
Take ownership of said folder....
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
I am working on a laptop for a friend. I have the hard drive
out and connected to my system via adapter. I can see the
folder that she wants to save. But when I try to open the
folder, I get a message, "F:\Documentsand Settings\angelique
is not accessible. Access is denied."

I have seen that before when a user is password protected.
I asked her and have the password, but I don't get a chance
to enter it when the hard drive is in my computer.

The problem is that her laptop won't boot. It blue screens
with problem that winsrv.exe wasn't found. I was going to
reformat and load her laptop from scratch so that it was
right.

It won't go into safe mode either. So the problem is how
to copy the data before I wipe the hard drive....

Any help???
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In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "marcy said:
She has XP home, I have XP Pro.
Thanks!
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OK ... Are you both running NTFS file systems?
(I remember having a similar problem and finding a solution; but it was
VERY awkward; that's why I'm asking.)
 
Frank said:
OK ... Are you both running NTFS file systems?
(I remember having a similar problem and finding a solution; but it
was VERY awkward; that's why I'm asking.)
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! I'll bet it was... for YOU.

BTW: Her problem is already solved by someone who knew what her symptom
meant.
 
Thanks Thomas. That fixed my problem. I was able to access the folders.
I had to do it for each folder. If you hadn't told me about that, I would
have
lost 21 G of photos and music for her. The folders show empty when you
can't access, so it looks like a worm got in and destroyed everything. But
all that is necessary is to take ownership and then you can see the files.

Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "marcy said:
Yes, both NTFS. But taking ownership gave me access.
That worked!!!
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Glad to hear it.
My method worked for me; but involved copying file by file manually,
since in the mode I used the OS wouldn't let me take ownership of the
directory. "Safe Mode Recovery" doesn't allow many things.

Not exactly fun.
 
You're welcome..
Thanks Thomas. That fixed my problem. I was able to access the
folders. I had to do it for each folder. If you hadn't told me about
that, I would have
lost 21 G of photos and music for her. The folders show empty when
you can't access, so it looks like a worm got in and destroyed
everything. But all that is necessary is to take ownership and then
you can see the files.
Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Frank said:
Glad to hear it.
My method worked for me; but involved copying file by file manually,
since in the mode I used the OS wouldn't let me take ownership of the
directory. "Safe Mode Recovery" doesn't allow many things.

Not exactly fun.
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That is so full of it. Safe Mode will always allow Taking Ownership.

Learn how Windows works before giving out your crap advice.
 
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "Rebecca"
That is so full of it. Safe Mode will always allow Taking Ownership.

Learn how Windows works before giving out your crap advice.
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Read what I said, not what you think I said.
(The same advice you keep giving me.)

"Safe Mode" allows many things; even things you can't do in regular
mode; though some things won't work in Safe mode that will in regular
mode. Many programs (for example) won't install or remove in Safe Mode.

"Safe Mode Recovery", on the other hand, just is *NOT* the same thing!
One thing *completely* not the same, is that you only have a very
limited number of commands; and copying more than one file at a time
just *will not work*. That means copying directories doesn't work
either.

However, it WILL work, even when you can't get Safe Mode itself to load
because certain files have been lost, moved, or destroyed.
 
Frank said:
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "Rebecca"

Read what I said, not what you think I said.
(The same advice you keep giving me.)
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She's correct: Safe Mode allows Taking Ownership.
"Safe Mode" allows many things; even things you can't do in regular
mode; though some things won't work in Safe mode that will in regular
mode. Many programs (for example) won't install or remove in Safe
Mode.

"Safe Mode Recovery", on the other hand, just is *NOT* the same thing!
One thing *completely* not the same, is that you only have a very
limited number of commands; and copying more than one file at a time
just *will not work*. That means copying directories doesn't work
either.

However, it WILL work, even when you can't get Safe Mode itself to
load because certain files have been lost, moved, or destroyed.
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Don't you mean the Recovery Console? "Safe Mode Recovery"...
bwahahahahahah! (btw: there's no such thing) Only a ****ing idiot (guess
who) would use the Recovery Console because of its known limitations in file
manipulation. It's for recovering to a bootable OS, not files.

No wonder Rebecca ridicules you.
 
Frank McCoy <[email protected]>, the groaning-scumbag and garish
peanut buffer who likes closefisted butt banging with dachshunds, and
whose partner is a woman of easy virtue with a dilapidated nappy dugout,
wrote in said:
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "Rebecca"

Read what I said, not what you think I said.
(The same advice you keep giving me.)

"Safe Mode" allows many things; even things you can't do in regular
mode; though some things won't work in Safe mode that will in regular
mode. Many programs (for example) won't install or remove in Safe Mode.

"Safe Mode Recovery", on the other hand, just is *NOT* the same thing!
One thing *completely* not the same, is that you only have a very
limited number of commands; and copying more than one file at a time
just *will not work*. That means copying directories doesn't work
either.

However, it WILL work, even when you can't get Safe Mode itself to load
because certain files have been lost, moved, or destroyed.
Click to expand...

Are you frank fallon?


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