# Need help getting info off crashed HD..... **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852 **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:** 1 **Showing post:** 18
### 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-getting-info-off-crashed-hd/20852)._