Anyway to backup password protected XP user directories? - Also, check my XCopy

[Tesla]

Backing up a customer's personal files on their screwed XP install.

There are 4-5 user accounts, some of them are password protected.

Ideally I need to back up these files to my external HDD.

I cannot remove the passwords through normal methods as the XP installation is corrupt and riddled with problems, virus, etc.

The customers HDD is in my office PC at the moment, my external HDD is also connected to this PC.

I am currently using the XCopy command to back up everything I can. However, I am not getting on too well with it at the moment.

This is my syntax:

"xcopy e:\ f:\clients\walsh /t /s /e /h /f /c /y /n /r /i

Here is the KB article:http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/xcopy.mspx?pf=true

Cheers,

Chris

 

[Pyrosoft]

What about using some sort of drive recover software?
That should bypass all security as far as I am aware and get data off the burst PC and on to your temp storage.
That's what I'd do first off anyway.

As for your XCopy problem, what actually is the problem? Are you erroring or is it only copying some files etc?

 

[Vai]

Why not just reset the security on their accounts? Right click their folder, properties, security, advanced, owner tab, then set the owner as Administrators and click the box to set it for subdirectories, thats how I back them up.