Windows Password On Hard Drive?

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Hey guys,

I’m rebuilding my mate’s machine after an upgrade and I want to copy over all his stuff, straight of the HD.

Windows crashed a couple of weeks ago and we were unable to do anything with it, and he never had the chance to do a recent backup…

When I plug the drive in to my machine, setting it to master etc, how will it let me access it – I ask because I know he had it passworded

I know the password, but if the drive is locked or something, how can I access it?

Any ideas :)

SW.
 
If your lucky you will be able to access all the data without any problems, IF he has used the 'Hide my files' option in user manager it will be a bit tricker. If you have a XP Pro machine you can take and replace ownership on the files and bingo, full access.
 
Poolybit said:
If your lucky you will be able to access all the data without any problems, IF he has used the 'Hide my files' option in user manager it will be a bit tricker. If you have a XP Pro machine you can take and replace ownership on the files and bingo, full access.
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Hmm, I have XP Pro, so how would I go about it ;)

Thanks,

SW.
 
Right it takes a little while to do,

1st - Within a folder go 'Tools', 'Folder Options' then the 'View' tab.

2nd - Go right to the bottom and turn off 'Simple File Sharing'.

3rd - Go to the hard drive you need to recover, select the protected area (most likely the whole user area within Documents and Settings. Right Click and go 'Properties' and then 'Security'.

4th - Go to Advanced, then the Owner Tab, this is where it might work or not, best way is if your username is listed, select it and check the Replace owner on subcontainers box then click apply. It will then take over the permissions.

5th - If this doesn't work then you have to Audit it, got to the Audit tab, Add, then enter your local username, select full control. Again check the Replace ownership on child directories and click apply.

I think that is pretty much it, I haven't done it for about 2 years since I was a techy but I'm fairly sure that's right. Someone will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong...
 
Poolybit said:
Right it takes a little while to do,

1st - Within a folder go 'Tools', 'Folder Options' then the 'View' tab.

2nd - Go right to the bottom and turn off 'Simple File Sharing'.

3rd - Go to the hard drive you need to recover, select the protected area (most likely the whole user area within Documents and Settings. Right Click and go 'Properties' and then 'Security'.

4th - Go to Advanced, then the Owner Tab, this is where it might work or not, best way is if your username is listed, select it and check the Replace owner on subcontainers box then click apply. It will then take over the permissions.

5th - If this doesn't work then you have to Audit it, got to the Audit tab, Add, then enter your local username, select full control. Again check the Replace ownership on child directories and click apply.

I think that is pretty much it, I haven't done it for about 2 years since I was a techy but I'm fairly sure that's right. Someone will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong...
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Cool - seems straight forward enough :)

Thanks mate!

SW.
 
Poolybit said:
5th - If this doesn't work then you have to Audit it, got to the Audit tab, Add, then enter your local username, select full control. Again check the Replace ownership on child directories and click apply.
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You shouldn't have to enable Audit to change ownership, they are 2 completely different things. But the rest seem totally correct.
 
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