Please help me. How can i unlock my administrator folder while accessing it form another hard drive.?Please help me....i am using windows xp svc pack 3. some how it is corrupted now and all my important data is in my documents folder and on my desktop. I have secured my account with a password. i tried to repair my widows through recovery console but i was unable to log in to my windows through this procedure the computer just stuck's there. even when i tried to repair it through the windows setup, the setup also stuck's at the step where it says "searching for the previous versions of windows."now i tried to copy the data by accessing it from another operating system on another hard disk but when i open my administrator folder located in documents and settings folder, it says access is denied. i really need that data on in those folders it is very important to me.1 person got this answerI do too

if you have an administrator password in windows, then the recovery console would need it in order to log you into the disk system, i.e. the c prompt. if you tried to do a repair with your cd, then it may not have worked if your cd is sp2 version and windows on your computer was updated to the sp3 version. in order for the xp sp2 cd to work you would need to uninstall the sp3 update via add/remove programs. so, now that you have slaved the hard drive on a different computer, what you might need to do is to try to take ownership of the files/folders: http://www.bing.com/search?q=how+to+take+ownership+of+folders&src=IE-SearchBox&FORM=IE8SRC -- db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> ."honeymtrk" wrote in message news:d1c5394d-1aad-4f12-bd12-bc4b485bc596...Please help me. How can i unlock my administrator folder while accessing it form another hard drive.?Please help me....i am using windows xp svc pack 3. some how it is corrupted now and all my important data is in my documents folder and on my desktop. I have secured my account with a password. i tried to repair my widows through recovery console but i was unable to log in to my windows through this procedure the computer just stuck's there. even when i tried to repair it through the windows setup, the setup also stuck's at the step where it says "searching for the previous versions of windows."now i tried to copy the data by accessing it from another operating system on another hard disk but when i open my administrator folder located in documents and settings folder, it says access is denied. i really need that data on in those folders it is very important to me.db·´¯`·...¸>-)))º> ·´¯`·...¸>-)))º> share the nirvana mannthnankyou so much.......

youre welcome. -- db`...><)))> ."honeymtrk" wrote in message news:ce7a6aee-91b0-4f26-8ecf-dcec35319054...if you have an administrator password in windows, then the recovery console would need it in order to log you into the disk system, i.e. the c prompt. if you tried to do a repair with your cd, then it may not have worked if your cd is sp2 version and windows on your computer was updated to the sp3 version. in order for the xp sp2 cd to work you would need to uninstall the sp3 update via add/remove programs. so, now that you have slaved the hard drive on a different computer, what you might need to do is to try to take ownership of the files/folders: http://www.bing.com/search?q=how+to+take+ownership+of+folders&src=IE-SearchBox&FORM=IE8SRC -- db`...><)))> ."honeymtrk" wrote in message news:d1c5394d-1aad-4f12-bd12-bc4b485bc596...Please help me. How can i unlock my administrator folder while accessing it form another hard drive.?Please help me....i am using windows xp svc pack 3. some how it is corrupted now and all my important data is in my documents folder and on my desktop. I have secured my account with a password. i tried to repair my widows through recovery console but i was unable to log in to my windows through this procedure the computer just stuck's there. even when i tried to repair it through the windows setup, the setup also stuck's at the step where it says "searching for the previous versions of windows."now i tried to copy the data by accessing it from another operating system on another hard disk but when i open my administrator folder located in documents and settings folder, it says access is denied. i really need that data on in those folders it is very important to me.db`...>-)))> `...>-)))> share the nirvana mannthnankyou so much....... db`...>-)))> `...>-)))> share the nirvana mann

incidentally, you may want to create your own bootable xp sp3 cd. the method is called slipstreaming and it entails merging the files on your sp2 cd with the individual sp3 file. -- db`...><)))> ."honeymtrk" wrote in message news:ce7a6aee-91b0-4f26-8ecf-dcec35319054...if you have an administrator password in windows, then the recovery console would need it in order to log you into the disk system, i.e. the c prompt. if you tried to do a repair with your cd, then it may not have worked if your cd is sp2 version and windows on your computer was updated to the sp3 version. in order for the xp sp2 cd to work you would need to uninstall the sp3 update via add/remove programs. so, now that you have slaved the hard drive on a different computer, what you might need to do is to try to take ownership of the files/folders: http://www.bing.com/search?q=how+to+take+ownership+of+folders&src=IE-SearchBox&FORM=IE8SRC -- db`...><)))> ."honeymtrk" wrote in message news:d1c5394d-1aad-4f12-bd12-bc4b485bc596...Please help me. How can i unlock my administrator folder while accessing it form another hard drive.?Please help me....i am using windows xp svc pack 3. some how it is corrupted now and all my important data is in my documents folder and on my desktop. I have secured my account with a password. i tried to repair my widows through recovery console but i was unable to log in to my windows through this procedure the computer just stuck's there. even when i tried to repair it through the windows setup, the setup also stuck's at the step where it says "searching for the previous versions of windows."now i tried to copy the data by accessing it from another operating system on another hard disk but when i open my administrator folder located in documents and settings folder, it says access is denied. i really need that data on in those folders it is very important to me.db`...>-)))> `...>-)))> share the nirvana mannthnankyou so much....... db`...>-)))> `...>-)))> share the nirvana mann