accessing hd

joemorris86 · 10 Dec 2006 at 14:37

one of my hard disks kept coming up with a boot error, so i pluged it into my other pc and im trying to back it up by copying all the data from one hd to another, but i cant access my user account because i had a password on it, is there anyway i can access it ? im using xp sp2 if thats any help

rpstewart · 10 Dec 2006 at 15:22

I *think* you'll need to use either an administrator level ID or the Administrator ID itself to take ownership of the files on the dodgy disk.

Jay_t · 12 Dec 2006 at 09:43

You need to take "ownership" of the folder with a password on otherwise it'll simply look empty. If you need help doing this just ask, although there is plenty on google.

Jay_t · 12 Dec 2006 at 09:47

In a nutshell though. Open a folder & go to tools. Then go to folder options and view. Scroll to the bottom and turn off simple file sharing. If you right click the passworded folder now, you will see a fouth option, security. In advanced you will see options to change ownership of a folder. That is the key to what you are trying to do.