TECHIE question... need help
 

I just took a laptop hard-drive out of my old laptop...

I put it into an external firewire case and connected it to my desktop.

I am not booting from that drive... but I want to access the data on it.

I see it as drive D: no problem and can access ALL the data on it...

EXCEPT... the desktop on that drive... where are the files I need are located.

It is obviously something with NTFS and the permission systems...


HELP!


Hit me with ya best shot!
Fire away!


THANKS

Format d:\\ :helpme

U can see the drive, just not the desktop items?

Try looking in
D:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Desktop
D:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop
D:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Desktop

Voodoo...
I can get to all the directorys and data on the drive
EXCEPT
those Desktops dirs!

thats what i was thinking, depends on what OS version, the dir structure is different

Well...I can get to the other desktop dirs...just not the one that was the Administrator! which is where my files are

hmm it probably has something to do with permissions

>>>>>>>>>>>> EXCEPT... the desktop on that drive... where are the files I need are located.

It is obviously something with NTFS and the permission systems...

Are you logged in as "Administrator" on your current machine? (I know it's a lame question, but I gotta ask)

Or have you tried "Safe Mode"?

I am logged in as ADMIN... yes.... not a dumb question:) I appreciate your help!

But I haven't tried safe mode! good idea! Do you know if you still have external firewire drive suppoort in SafeMode?

thanks!

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anyone.. ?

Login as Administrator then click on the properties tab of the folder and change the ownership etc... Those files were password protected from your old laptop.

download this bootable linux live cd and boot: http://www.knoppix.com/
mount your laptop harddrive
voila

because you are a admin and logged in on your pc does not mean you are an admin of the laptop from your pc .Windows knows the difference. You would have to set that up before you took out the drive to get to the admins profile.

Did you try putting the HD back into the laptop, tweaking permissions to readable by everyone, and then trying again on the desktop?

Or if that doesn't work, just move the stuff you need out of the desktop folder...

this is probably your best bet. the problem is that the administrator will have a different guid on each machine and thus not be the same.


heh i didnt even think about that, i'm assuming the old laptop died or he would have just copied it across some other way but who knwos!

thanks for all the input guys... email me at the link below...and lets see how we can help each other in this biz