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  • 20-02-2009 5:17pm
    #1
    Ricky91t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,281 ✭✭✭


    Hello all i've lost some documents and suspect they might be in my documents on my old XP pro install which had a serious issue,Anyway i'm now on a new copy of XP pro and all is ok but how do i access the other document from the older install as i get an error saying access denied because stupidly i protected it from my network.

    I'm pretty handy with windows but i'd rather be carefull than mess up the file altogether,Thanks!


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  • #2
    charlesD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 194 ✭✭charlesD


    Ricky91t wrote: »
    Hello all i've lost some documents and suspect they might be in my documents on my old XP pro install which had a serious issue,Anyway i'm now on a new copy of XP pro and all is ok but how do i access the other document from the older install as i get an error saying access denied because stupidly i protected it from my network.

    I'm pretty handy with windows but i'd rather be carefull than mess up the file altogether,Thanks!

    Did you completely reinstall windows?

    If you did not completely reinstall windows and the problem is just that it won't let you access the files because they are set to private, you can log in as an administrator, goto the users settings in the control panel, select the user, and change the option that sets the files as private.

    Another option would be to use a Linux Live CD, like sysrescue, and copy them to a USB stick.


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    right click start button and explore all users
    then right click on the folder that matches the user name and get properties and in securtity you have to first take ownership and then change the permissions to see the files

    if the drive was formatted or you used a recover disk then you are looking at some thing like photorec (google photorec testdisk) to recover files , but IF it finds any they won't have names :(


  • #4
    Ricky91t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,281 ✭✭✭Ricky91t


    Sorry just to add,the older xp install with my protected doc is on another partition!


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    in that case browse to the
    documents and settings
    folder on the other drive and start looking there


  • #6
    Ricky91t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,281 ✭✭✭Ricky91t


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    in that case browse to the
    documents and settings
    folder on the other drive and start looking there

    thats my issue,i can find it but can't access it...


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    ah then you are going into properties to take ownership and then change permissions


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