# Need help getting info off crashed HD..... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 29, 2006, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852 "2006-11-29T10:31:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/1 "2006-11-29T10:31:55Z")
My windows registry got real messed up and I couldn’t even turn the computer on, so I had a spare 5 gig HD which I loaded windows on and put my main HD as a slave and plugged it in. I can see all the program files and such, but I want to get all my pictures off of it to back them up. Here is my problem… I get something that says “Access Denied” when I try to access the admin desktop on a slave HD… any way around that? ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/2 "2006-11-29T11:09:39Z")
ibkrazyjon ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/3 "2006-11-29T11:39:02Z")
Easy fix, I can’t remember how to fix it step by step though. But it went along the lines of: Right click on the username’s foler in your “documents and settings” folder Goto properties Goto the security tab Set your username, and the administrator settings to allow reading and writing by checking all the boxes ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/4 "2006-11-29T11:55:43Z")
> [@JoesTypeS](#): > > ibkrazyjon :word: ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/5 "2006-11-29T13:14:29Z")
> [@FuzzyFish](#): > > Easy fix, I can’t remember how to fix it step by step though. But it went along the lines of: > > Right click on the username’s foler in your “documents and settings” folder > Goto properties > Goto the security tab > Set your username, and the administrator settings to allow reading and writing by checking all the boxes Interesting, I’ll try that when I get home. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/6 "2006-11-29T13:26:41Z")
There might be one more thing needed to do that but I can’t remember it off-hand. But it’s pretty straight forward. This usually happens if you have the files set private for that user account when using a password. Either way it’s an easy fix. Just sounds like windows got corrupted and you lost the ability to boot. Once you get everything just run some diagnostics on the drive, if it’s good the reformat away. ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/7 "2006-11-29T13:36:57Z")
My computer is running perfect right now, I just want to pull my pictures off the f: hard drive and reformat it… so we’ll see. Is it a good idea to just use the 5gig as the OS and save everything to the bigger HD? ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/8 "2006-11-29T13:38:08Z")
pm me for my address. it will get done the right way the first time. btw… im the guy also known as krazyjon ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/9 "2006-11-29T13:43:50Z")
lol ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/10 "2006-11-29T13:50:05Z")
haha, I have a guy here in Boston that is willing to pull all the info off, but I want to do it so I know for the future. Knowing is half the battle. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/11 "2006-11-29T13:55:23Z")
if your getting that error you need to login to the windows installation. I assume your xp install had passwords on user accounts. Same applies if you are trying to view files through a command interface. ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/12 "2006-11-29T14:01:14Z")
Justin, that is correct, I had a PW to log in. I haven’t tried through dos. ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/13 "2006-11-29T16:30:00Z")
couldn’t put my PW anywhere in the properties… ![http://typershack.googlepages.com/properties.JPG](http://typershack.googlepages.com/properties.JPG) Justin, how do I go through the windows installation? ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/14 "2006-11-29T16:45:48Z")
seriously… i hope your boston guy knows what hes doing… i do this for a living… let me know ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/15 "2006-11-29T16:53:41Z")
what would you suggest that I do? I’d really like to do it myself if I can. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/16 "2006-11-29T17:25:43Z")
Odd that the option isn’t there, something else probably has to be turned on but. Can’t remember what has to be turned on to get it off-hand as it’s already enabled on my machine. Just send it off to Locutus with some piping hot mighty, and he’ll pull all your hot porn off the drive including that you thought you deleted. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/17 "2006-11-29T17:34:37Z")
haha… no mighty where I am… I’m in Boston 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/18 "2006-12-04T15:55:45Z")
The problem was that I had to take ownership of the folder. Here is a link if anyone ever has problems and link to the thread. > **[Access Denied.... mostly...](https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/64504/)** > > Here is the background to what happened. I got a virus that killed my windows registry and I couldn't fix it. I have a PW on my Admin account(I know... took 3 min to fix. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852/19 "2006-12-04T16:22:12Z")
That was the option simple file-sharing. Was trying to remember how to get the security tab back on. :tup: