Hi guys.  I have asked Microsoft this question but they coulden't give me an answer.  I have a machine running Windows XP and it wont boot, the machine is dead.  It has a password for the user which I know.  I want to access the My documents directory to back them up so that I can put the HD in another machine, format it and install windows.  I have an IDE to USB cable and have plugged it in to yet another machine, and I can access everything that is on the HD except my documents, it says access denied.  How can I gain access to these documents??
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Try logging into that HDD in safe mode.  Another way would be to use an ERD that blows away all passwords.  I happen to have one.  Email me if you need to use it at dharden1205@yahoo.com
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If you can access the task manager, try starting a New Task and type in: explorer.  Hopefully this will open the Windows Explorer so that you can see your files and folders and be able to get to the Control Panel.  Once there, click on the User Icon and create a new user with administrator rights.\n\nLog off (or reboot) and this time go in with the new user account.  Hopefully you will have icons and a task bar.\n\nYou can then go into the Documents and Settings folders and into the sub-folder with the name of your old log on ID.  Copy any data, icons, etc out of there that you want.\n\nOnce done, you can go back into the control panel and delete the old log in ID.
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You may need to load some special drivers.  I believe Windows XP will only support like a 138GB partition.  I think the drivers should have come with you hard drive or you probably can download them from Western Digital at their website.  Check out this PDF there is instructions on page 2 http://www.wdc.com/en/library/eide/2079-001026.pdf
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well what happen is that windows root directory was corrupted, these is could be a result of a vireus, what u can do is re-install windows, but i'm guessing that u dont wanna loose the info, so what u do is just skeep the formating, ,,,that is the siplest thing u can do, then there are two more options, u can try and find out what files in the root dierectory are missing or are corrupted, and try and replease them by hand,,, these takes a lot of experience, but here is how to do it,,,, u put the XP cd on, and u boot from it (if u dont knw how then u shouldnt even be attempting these, cuz u wont understand the rest) then when it ask u waht u wanna do, u press R these is gonna take u to the recovery console, then u gonna have to go to the C: directory by typing "C:" then u gonna have to open the cd, that way u can see what's on it, then u gonna have to to and look for the file manually,,the file is gonna be in the cd in a folder called "I386" then u gonna have to right down the path u gonna need it, ok, once u located the file then u gonna have to go back to the root directory and change where u at for the path of the file that is missing, then u gonna type "copy" and the a path of the file that u wrote down,, then u goona accept,, that is what u need to do,,,or the last option,, call a technician,,, if u need help u can contact me, i'm an A+ certified technician,
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Make sure you do not have any disk in any of your drives.\n\nIf your drive is formatted FAT or FAT32 you can copy the file to the root of your c: drive.\n\nIf your drive is formatted NTFS \n1.) reinstall Windows from CD - Do not format drive and select a different Install location something other then c:&#92;windows use c:&#92;win2 for your install path\n\n2.) After the install files are copied to your drive you will have 2 boot options.   Do not select the option to complete installation.  Select the option that read Microsoft Windows XP (Home or Professional) depending on your version.\n\n3.) Once you have booted right click on "My Computer" and select properties.  Go to the "Advanced" tab and click the setting button in the "Startup and Recovery" section\n\n4.)  In the top section click "Edit" to Edit you start up file manually.\n\n5.)  Look for a line similar to "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)&#92;WIN2=".  This is the location of your second install.  Delete the line and save the file.\n\n6.)  Reboot your machine and it should boot normally.  Once it boots normally you can delete the "c:&#92;win2" directory that you created for the install.\n\nAfter this you will have access to all of your programs and application data.  Nothing will be lost.
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I'm not sure how accurate this is, but worth a shot!\n\nC:&#92;Documents and Settings&#92;xxxxxx>err -1073741790\n# for decimal -1073741790 / hex 0xc0000022\n  STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED                                           ntstatus.h\n# {Access Denied}\n# A process has requested access to an object, but has not\n# been granted those access rights.\n# as an HRESULT: Severity: FAILURE (1), FACILITY_NULL (0x0), Code 0x22\n# for decimal 34 / hex 0x22\n  ERROR_WRONG_DISK                                               winerror.h\n# The wrong diskette is in the drive.\n# Insert %2 (Volume Serial Number: %3) into drive %1.\n# 2 matches found for "-1073741790\n\nCheck this out as well:\n\nhttp://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Windows/microsoft.public.windows.server.general/2004-09/\n\nGood luck!
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use the free trial of partition magic\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Partition-Magic.shtml\n\nu should be able to see ur hard drive in this proram. once u see if, reformat the hard drive in "NTFS" file system. u should be be able to see the drive in windows once its reformatted.
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By any chance did you make your folder private before reinstalling Windows?  I did the same thing and it took me awhile to figure out how to access the data.\n\nYou need to use Windows backup to backup the data and then you can restore it.  At one point, you will have the option to only back up the data or to back up the data and the security.  Only back up the data and then after restoring it, you will be able to access your files.\n\nIf you have XP Pro, then this utility is already installed.  If you have XP home, then you need to install it from the CD.  See the article below for full details on installing and using this utility.\n\nGood luck!
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set your hard drive as the master drive in the computer you are using (friends) if it boots up go into your account and then remove the password or just do then on the drive what you are trying to do from the hard drive you are using ( friends)
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Hi. Open My computer look down list you should see a new drive letter & beside a discription of what type of drive.Click it to open. Files should then be accessable.
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no doubt you used something like EVOX when you put a new harddrive in the xbox (?)  put the original hdd in the xbox boot the evox disk and in the options there is one to unlock the drive.  \nthe drives are sort of locked, i am not sure of the ins and outs why.
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Nope - its doing exactly what it is supposed to do.\n\nLog on as the same username you had before. The problem is that your old my documents is only allowing user "Tom" as you protected your MyDocuments folder. If you log on with "Tommy", this forder does not belong to you. Oh yea, also use the same password as before.\n\nAlternatively, you could log on as administrator in safe mode. tap the F8 key as the computer is turning on and select safe mode at the prompt.
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no you cant get it fromm your hard drive but if you contact msn support they should be able to help
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You need not to use the PC (if the HD sector where the original document was stored gets overwritten, the data is gone for good). Then find a recovery software (Davory or Recover My Files can do the work) and try to find your files.
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That's assuming the main drive is labled C.  This also only works for a Windows computer.  What you failed to mention is how she will access information that has been set to be shared.  First off, you want to set a password when your sharing a folder or drive.  You should see a prompt when your setting share settings.  To access a computer that has a shared drive, simply go to network neighborhood, find the computer by clicking on it, and you should be prompted to enter the password you earlier gave, then you have access to the files, you can drag/drop and even save files to other computers.
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Windows XP is a protected operating system which means it usually can't be copied.  If it could be copied, people all over the world would be giving copies to their friends and Microsoft wouldn't be making any money :-)  Having said that, there's a couple of things you can try.\n\nHave you tried doing a custom startup to see if you can "uncorrupt" your system?  At startup,  press the F8 key repeatedly and it will take you to an Advanced Options Menu.  One of the choices will be Last Known Good Configuration.  Use the up/down arrows to highlight it and press enter.  It will try to boot XP using the last hardware configuration that actually worked. If this fails you can again access the Advanced Options Menu. This time highlight Safe Mode and see if you can use a System Restore Point that will return your machine to a time in the past before the corruption occurred. (Click start > help and support > system restore > restore my computer to an earlier time > next > follow prompts.) I'd scroll throught the calendar and pick the earliest restore point you see (maybe in a previous month.)  And if this doesn't help, you can try looking through your system files and recovery disk for XP setup.exe.\n\nIf you can access safe mode, try to run a full system search for something called an i386 file. This file (if it's on your computer hard drive) will be at least 200MB, probably closer to 500MB and is an exact copy of the Windows XP operating system.  If you have it, you can use it to reinstall XP. If it's on your hard drive you'd have to copy it to a separate disk because any formatting of the hard drive erases everything, including the i386. So I'd try an advanced search.\nClick start > search > all files and folders.\nType in i386 in the all or part of file name box.\nLook In: My Computer (using drop down arrow.)\nClick on More Advanced Options.\nCheck mark Search System Folders, Hidden Files and Folders and Subfolders. Uncheck the last 2 items.\nRun the search. You might find some i386 files that are 50MB or so but the one you need will be at least a couple hundred MB.  This article gives a bit more info about the i386 file:\n\nhttp://ask-leo.com/so_just_what_is_the_i386_directory_anyway.html\n\nFinally, if you can't find the i386 on the hard drive, I'd put your recovery CD in the reader and look for the i386 on it.  If you find it, the i386 should contain a setup.exe file that should get you going again, or you might find an XP setup.exe file all by itself. But no guarantees.  Hope this helps and good luck.\n\nplrr
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Can you set up an account on your PC with the original user name and password?  Once you created this account, login to your PC using it.  Then, you should be able to access the folder again.  Another thing, you should be able to access any folder if you have admin access.