shermanator 4 #1 April 1, 2008 I have a harddrive that went bad. and I want to get the files off of it. my problem is, that it was under a windows user account that had password. I got the drive as a secondary , but can't access any of the files i need, because of the password. what can i do to get them? . I know what the pw is, just not how to use it to access the files. any help is greatly appreciated.CLICK HERE! new blog posted 9/21/08 CSA #720 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #2 April 1, 2008 How did the drive go bad? What indications are there? Is it recognized at all by the OS? You said the drive was previously used with Windows. What OS are you using now? The first thing I would do, since you say the drive is bad, is a bit level copy of the entire drive onto a drive known to be good. That way you deal with access problems independently of drive problems. That assumes, of course, that the drive has enough life left to be copied.Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dannydan 5 #3 April 1, 2008 Quote I have a harddrive that went bad. and I want to get the files off of it. riiiight.....I'm sure it took you alot of time SAVING all of those porn images, but what you are trying to do with yr "bad HDD" is just plain redundant! just go get a new hdd and start over from this site here; http://www.fetishpimp.com/free-porn/bbwdaisy/d6trj/index.php?ref=626454 sorry for not making the above link a "clicky", butt I am sure you already kno how to copy and PASTE Shermie....:DD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaH 0 #4 April 1, 2008 I'm sure he means he lost his wedding photos. And a lot of skydiving stuff. Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dannydan 5 #5 April 1, 2008 Quote And a lot of skydiving stuff. now I feel really bad for my above posteesorry shermoh and the wedding pics too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halfpastniner 0 #6 April 1, 2008 holy shit dude BASE 1384 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #7 April 1, 2008 Is the hard drive completely unreadable or what is the status of the drive right now? If the drive will spin up can you browse the file structure as the drive is plugged in as a secondary drive or is appearing as blank? If you can see the files you should be able to copy/paste to a good hard drive unless you had them encrypted with something like PGP or similar. NTFS permissions on those files is obliterated when that drive is not mounted as the boot drive any more. You shouldn't need the Windows password if you mount it as a secondary drive. If it is appearing as blank let me know, I might be able to help off line.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaH 0 #8 April 1, 2008 Quote Quote And a lot of skydiving stuff. now I feel really bad for my above posteesorry shermoh and the wedding pics too! Brat! Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dannydan 5 #9 April 1, 2008 Halfpastniner; Quote holy shit dude What....WHAT?? Quote Quote Quote Brat! THANKS... I appreciate you Lisa for forgiving me so quickly***Be yourself! Break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance . . . LisaH Now where are my slow kisses baby??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shermanator 4 #10 April 2, 2008 I hook it up as a secondary, and can see the files. When I start browsing, I go into documents and settings, can see the different users, click on the user i want to get the files from, but it gives me a prompt telling me that access is denied. .. Lisa, unfortunately, this is not the drive with my skydiving photos/videos is completely toast. i can't even get it going as a secondary drive.. plug it in, and it freezes my system. oh well. I'll miss all those files. I just got myself a 500gig hd and am installing windows on it now, so i can try again on the one i want to get files. *thats how i blew mine out. ooops.* grrrrr, now apparently, i can only access 130gigs of the 500. oh well. I'm too cheap to go out and buy a new tower. CLICK HERE! new blog posted 9/21/08 CSA #720 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #11 April 2, 2008 Was it in an XP or Vista or Win2000 computer previously? Have you right clicked the files and tried to take ownership under permissions/properties/security? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shermanator 4 #12 April 2, 2008 XP. not sure how to try to take ownership. I'll have to give a go at that once i get this new drive up and running.CLICK HERE! new blog posted 9/21/08 CSA #720 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
