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Hack my own HD

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Bman088

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So I've built my new machine, and I forgot to back my stuff up off of my old HD. I have a new mobo, processor, and all that, with 2 new HDs. I installed XP on one of the new ones, and hooked up the old HD as a slave (so i could drag and drop my stuff off of it to the new one.) My problem is, I can get all my music off of it, but not "My Documents." I really need to get into my personal documents folder. I can get into admin, and all users, but not my personal one. It says, access denied. Is this some sort of security? and how do i bypass it.

PS. I've allready tried safe mode, but not luck.
 
NTFS file system premissions locked it down. The SID (which was destroyed when you reformatted) for your old user account on your old installation is the only user with permission to access that folder.

Are you running XP Home or XP Pro. Pro will be quite a bit simpler to recover...
 
Ok, here we go.

First, with an Explorer Window Open, go to Tools\Folder Options\View tab, scroll to the bottom of the list, uncheck "Use simple file sharing (recommened)

Next, right click the folder you can't access and go to its Properties, then the 'Security' tab. Click 'Advanced,' then the 'Owner' tab, and change the owner to your new account, which I presume is a local administrator. Be sure to check the option to 'Replace owner on subcontainers and objects'

It will cook for a few seconds, then hit 'OK.' You'll be back at the 'Security' tab. Click 'Add' then type in your user account name. Hit 'Check names' then 'OK.' Once again, you're back at the 'Security' tab, check 'Full Control' next to your user name, then hit 'OK' You are now good to go.

Also, don't go making your folders private if you don't know what it's really doing ;)
 
You rule man. The only reason i made them private is because I have 3 other roomies in my apartment, and didn't want them getting into my stuff over the network.
 
Also, don't go encrypting data you may reformat/reinstall, unless you know what's up when I talk about 'exporting private keys' or creating 'EFS recovery agents' for your domain. There are no secret tricks to get data back under those circumstances, barring a brute force attack at figuring out the key. In MS's euphamism, the data is 'permanently inaccessible'

Also, the reason I mentioned Pro being easier than home, is you can't disable file sharing to get at NTFS permissions on Home, at least as the OS ships!
 
Like I posted above, you can't modify NTFS permissions in Home, at least I've never been able to. There might be a third party app to add that functionality, but I am not aware of any proceudres/tools to do the recovery outlined here with what ships on XP Home.

EDIT: If anyone wants any more info on working with NTFS permissions, this thread should be moved to either Networking and Security or Operating Systems. There are plenty of MS NTFS gurus in those forums.
 
I believe I've changed the owner permissions in XP Home before... but I think I did it while in safe mode. You can't do it while booted normally. I'd have to check it out again, but I'm pretty sure I've got the permissions to work in Home.
 
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