Computer guru's need some advice

[ZKaudio]

K so i have this laptop... and I need to get about 400k worth of word doc's off it before I reformat it... the xp install is somehow corrupt and it will not even boot at all.... If i try to use an xp disk to go in to command prompt and copy the files, it won't let me access the documents and settings folder... it just says "access denied" My question... is there any other way to get this info off the computer? If i use a 98 boot disk and dos in, will i be able to get into the protected folders? And is there any way I can hook into the hd directly through the serial port or something then connect to my desktop and slave it? Any help appreciated.

 

[digger]

Geez. First, it depends whether the disk is formatted in FAT32 or in NTFS. "Access denied" sounds like it's NTFS. I'd boot the damn thing with a Linux CD -- the bootable business card or Knoppix -- which can read NTFS but doesn't give a rat's patoot for Windows' so-called "protection."

That kind of assumes you know your way around a Linux prompt, though.

There's an outfit that still sends me ads every once in a while... they make some Windows recovery tools. I can't seem to find their address, though. Rats.

 

[cheddar cheese]

this might work .... http://ebcd.pcministry.com .... you'll need a cd burner for it

 

[jh1]

www.winternals.com has the tools to do it if you don't know how to use linux.

 

[ZKaudio]

thx i'll give em a whirl

 

[Testosterone boy]

WTF.....something in ZAudios world is not operating at 110% ?????????

 

[ZKaudio]

btw its ntfs not fat32... =/...

 

[solidg]

install xp and get the files off

 

[ZKaudio]

this might work .... http://ebcd.pcministry.com .... you'll need a cd burner for it

wow that program is fucking awesome... and tboy... i'm far from perfect... cept for my ability to mock/nitpick.

 

[EngiCream]

Here's a free dos program that'll read NTFS.

http://www.ntfs.com/products.htm

Worked good for me when I needed it.