Computer Help Needed- Vista related

[Kiemyster]

long story short: my norton crashed my laptop. Destroyed the Disk.sys file. I removed the hard drive, put it in an encasing, and im trying to access my user files. it wont allow me to access my folder. how to bypass this?

i really need someones help with this..... i cant afford to loose my data.

[Kiemyster]

Originally Posted by anmcguire

If nobody else comes up with a better vista-centric solution then I'd boot a linux livecd of some sort, mount the drive as an NTFS filesystem, and copy the data off that way.

do you have a link to send me to give me a better idea of what that proceedure involves/how to do it?

[Kensta335]

Are you on an admin account?

[Kiemyster]

Originally Posted by Kensta335

Are you on an admin account?

yes.

[radix]

Originally Posted by Kiemyster

do you have a link to send me to give me a better idea of what that proceedure involves/how to do it?

Download and burn an ISO of a linux livecd. Ubuntu would probably be the easiest.

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download


Boot from the livecd. Then, as root on the console or in a terminal, do

#fdisk -l

to get the block device name for your ntfs partition (e.g. /dev/hda1).

Next mount the ntfs partition.

# mount -t ntfs -o ro /dev/hda1 /mnt

Copy data off of a drive to another drive that you mounted using a similar procedure (say /dev/hdb1), or use ftp to copy the data off. You can compress your files in a windows friendly format like so:

# mkdir test
# touch test/{a,b,c}
# zip test.zip test/*
  adding: test/a (stored 0%)
  adding: test/b (stored 0%)
  adding: test/c (stored 0%)

Forget the mkdir and touch commands, they're only there to illustrate a point.

I'd only use this as a last resort though. There is more than likely a much friendlier vista-centric solution. I've used this procedure for friends when all else fails though. If nothing else works, PM me.

[Kiemyster]

well i just destroyed my western digital passport 320gb hdd case to remove the hard drive. i mounted vista x64 on it and i just loaded it up into my asus.... say a prayer for me!

[b335i]

Easy, should have just booted to safemode, turn off simple sharing.

Then change security permissions for that directory (for all administrators or your specific username, etc) and apply changes to all child directories.

[Kiemyster]

Originally Posted by b335i

Easy, should have just booted to safemode, turn off simple sharing.

Then change security permissions for that directory (for all administrators or your specific username, etc) and apply changes to all child directories.

come on dude, dont you think i tried everything? i tried booting up in safe mnode, then with networking, then with command prompt, then with low rez video, everything. the shit wouldnt start.

but anyways, my diabolical plan worked out just fine.... didnt have to loose anything. thanks for your concern and assistance anmcguire!

[MadDog]

Originally Posted by Kiemyster

come on dude, dont you think i tried everything? i tried booting up in safe mnode, then with networking, then with command prompt, then with low rez video, everything. the shit wouldnt start.

but anyways, my diabolical plan worked out just fine.... didnt have to loose anything. thanks for your concern and assistance anmcguire!

Your account may have administrator privileges, but you are not the "Administrator".

This is how you activate the Administrator account:

1. Logon to Vista using your usual account.
2. Launch the cmd prompt - Make sure you select, 'Run as administrator'
3. Net user administrator password
4. Net user administrator /active:yes
5. Switch User, or logoff
6. Logon as Administrator Password password
(Your password may be different!)


Once you have logged on as the Administrator, try accessing your files.

[mrvuml]

Originally Posted by b335i

Easy, should have just booted to safemode, turn off simple sharing.

Then change security permissions for that directory (for all administrators or your specific username, etc) and apply changes to all child directories.

What does turning off simple sharing achieve in this scenario?