Copy Files from External hard Drive?

You have an ownership problem. This is going to be hard to fix with an
external drive.

If the laptop is running XP Pro, then right click on the directory and
choose security. I don't have XP in front of me, but under advanced,
you can take 'ownership' of the directory.

Unfortunately, if you're running XP Home, this can only be done in Safe
mode when logged on as the administrator. In safe mode, a USB drive is
likely unavailable.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jane [mailto:nospam-]
> Posted At: Friday, July 27, 2007 4:12 PM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: Copy Files from External hard Drive?
> Subject: Copy Files from External hard Drive?
>
> My Dell computer running XP quit working. My hard drive appears to be
> working and my Files are intact.
> A friend of mine took my hard drive (which used to be the C drive
> running XP
> home on my old Dell computer), and put it in an external hard drive
> enclosure and I can hook it up to my laptop computer via USB port.
> Problem
> is when I try to copy files that I really want to recover from old C
> drive,
> I get access denied when I try to copy files. I have years worth of
> pictures, etc. on old C drive. Does anyone known how to copy files
> without
> getting access denied error?
>
>
> Jane

My Dell computer running XP quit working. My hard drive appears to be
working and my Files are intact.
A friend of mine took my hard drive (which used to be the C drive running XP
home on my old Dell computer), and put it in an external hard drive
enclosure and I can hook it up to my laptop computer via USB port. Problem
is when I try to copy files that I really want to recover from old C drive,
I get access denied when I try to copy files. I have years worth of
pictures, etc. on old C drive. Does anyone known how to copy files without
getting access denied error?


Jane

Jane,

Boot your laptop to a BartPE CD. You can then copy files from the external
to the internal HD without ownership problems.