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how to open protected files
My computer will not boot so I have moved the hard drive over to my other
computer using a external box. I can see the files but they were password protected so I can not open or copy them. I can not find anywhere that I can use my password to open these files which are all located in my documents on the old drive. I have put the drive in another computer and tried to boot from it but no success. Have also tried to boot from the safe mode but also no success. Any ideas Windows XP is the operating system. |
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how to open protected files
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... My computer will not boot so I have moved the hard drive over to my other computer using a external box. I can see the files but they were password protected so I can not open or copy them. I can not find anywhere that I can use my password to open these files which are all located in my documents on the old drive. I have put the drive in another computer and tried to boot from it but no success. Have also tried to boot from the safe mode but also no success. Any ideas Windows XP is the operating system. Windows XP does not "password protect" any files. NT-based versions of Windows use group permissions, not password. You used some 3rd party software that uses a password to encrypt the files (into another file) so you'll need to use that same software against those encrypted files. If you are talking about EFS (which is only available on the Pro version and not the Home Edition version), you must have exported the security certificate so you can import it again under a different instance of Windows to decrypt those files. If you didn't export the EFS certificate, those encrypted files will remain that way. |
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how to open protected files
Thanks that worked. I was able to take possession of the files and open
them "Nepatsfan" wrote in message . .. , Doc wrote: My computer will not boot so I have moved the hard drive over to my other computer using a external box. I can see the files but they were password protected so I can not open or copy them. I can not find anywhere that I can use my password to open these files which are all located in my documents on the old drive. I have put the drive in another computer and tried to boot from it but no success. Have also tried to boot from the safe mode but also no success. Any ideas Windows XP is the operating system. You need to disable Simple File Sharing and take ownership of the files. Take a look at these articles for more info: How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a shared folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/ How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421 "Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881 Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an account that has Administrative rights to have access to the Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter. Good luck Nepatsfan |
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how to open protected files
You're welcome.
Nepatsfan , Doc wrote: Thanks that worked. I was able to take possession of the files and open them "Nepatsfan" wrote in message . .. , Doc wrote: My computer will not boot so I have moved the hard drive over to my other computer using a external box. I can see the files but they were password protected so I can not open or copy them. I can not find anywhere that I can use my password to open these files which are all located in my documents on the old drive. I have put the drive in another computer and tried to boot from it but no success. Have also tried to boot from the safe mode but also no success. Any ideas Windows XP is the operating system. You need to disable Simple File Sharing and take ownership of the files. Take a look at these articles for more info: How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a shared folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/ How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421 "Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881 Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an account that has Administrative rights to have access to the Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter. Good luck Nepatsfan |
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