unvalidated copy of xp pro locked me out...how do i get my files o

I needed to reinstall my xp pro, but couldn't find my disk, so I borrowed
another one to install it temporarily until I could locate my own. Well as it
turned out, my copy was stolen and now 30 days have passed and I'm locked
out, unable to get past the WGA. No big deal really, I had been looking for a
reason to buy a new pc anyway, so I went out and purchased a new HP with
Vista. I brought it home and installed the old hard drive into it so I could
copy my files. I disabled simple file sharing and took ownership of the
drive, but it still will not let me access it. Is WGA still the problem here?
If so, what the heck do I do now?

throttlehog wrote:
I needed to reinstall my xp pro, but couldn't find my disk, so I borrowed
another one to install it temporarily until I could locate my own. Well as it
turned out, my copy was stolen and now 30 days have passed and I'm locked
out, unable to get past the WGA. No big deal really, I had been looking for a
reason to buy a new pc anyway, so I went out and purchased a new HP with
Vista. I brought it home and installed the old hard drive into it so I could
copy my files. I disabled simple file sharing and took ownership of the
drive, but it still will not let me access it. Is WGA still the problem here?
If so, what the heck do I do now?


No, this has nothing to do with WGA. Exactly what error message to you
get when you try to access the slaved hard drive?


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~ Denis Diderot

throttlehog wrote:
I needed to reinstall my xp pro, but couldn't find my disk, so I borrowed
another one to install it temporarily until I could locate my own. Well as it
turned out, my copy was stolen and now 30 days have passed and I'm locked
out, unable to get past the WGA. No big deal really, I had been looking for a
reason to buy a new pc anyway, so I went out and purchased a new HP with
Vista. I brought it home and installed the old hard drive into it so I could
copy my files. I disabled simple file sharing and took ownership of the
drive, but it still will not let me access it. Is WGA still the problem here?
If so, what the heck do I do now?


No, this has nothing to do with WGA. Exactly what error message to you
get when you try to access the slaved hard drive?


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

On Nov 27, 2:35*pm, throttlehog
wrote:
I needed to reinstall my xp pro, but couldn't find my disk, so I borrowed
another one to install it temporarily until I could locate my own. Well as it
turned out, my copy was stolen and now 30 days have passed and I'm locked
out, unable to get past the WGA. No big deal really, I had been looking for a
reason to buy a new pc anyway, so I went out and purchased a new HP with
Vista. I brought it home and installed the old hard drive into it so I could
copy my files. I disabled simple file sharing and took ownership of the
drive, but it still will not let me access it. Is WGA still the problem here?
If so, what the heck do I do now?

put the hdd back to where it belonged

try one or more options below
- boot to bios and set the clock one month backword,
and hope you could boot up the old xp
- boot to a Knoppix bootable CD and
try to access the hdd
- boot to an UBCD4Win bootable CD and
try to access the hdd

On Nov 27, 2:35*pm, throttlehog
wrote:
I needed to reinstall my xp pro, but couldn't find my disk, so I borrowed
another one to install it temporarily until I could locate my own. Well as it
turned out, my copy was stolen and now 30 days have passed and I'm locked
out, unable to get past the WGA. No big deal really, I had been looking for a
reason to buy a new pc anyway, so I went out and purchased a new HP with
Vista. I brought it home and installed the old hard drive into it so I could
copy my files. I disabled simple file sharing and took ownership of the
drive, but it still will not let me access it. Is WGA still the problem here?
If so, what the heck do I do now?

put the hdd back to where it belonged

try one or more options below
- boot to bios and set the clock one month backword,
and hope you could boot up the old xp
- boot to a Knoppix bootable CD and
try to access the hdd
- boot to an UBCD4Win bootable CD and
try to access the hdd

throttlehog wrote:

I needed to reinstall my xp pro, but couldn't find my disk, so I borrowed
another one to install it temporarily until I could locate my own. Well as it
turned out, my copy was stolen and now 30 days have passed and I'm locked
out, unable to get past the WGA. No big deal really, I had been looking for a
reason to buy a new pc anyway, so I went out and purchased a new HP with
Vista. I brought it home and installed the old hard drive into it so I could
copy my files. I disabled simple file sharing and took ownership of the
drive, but it still will not let me access it. Is WGA still the problem here?
If so, what the heck do I do now?

Ownership and read/write permissions are not the same thing. Also,
permissions are granted on files, not on drives (so I don't know what you
actually did regarding permissions). In the security settings for the files
(or for the folders provided you also inherit changes to it to the files and
folders under it), what are the settings for the Administrators and Owner
accounts? Do they have Full permissions? Are you logging under the
Administrator, admin-level, or owner account after changing permissions?

throttlehog wrote:

I needed to reinstall my xp pro, but couldn't find my disk, so I borrowed
another one to install it temporarily until I could locate my own. Well as it
turned out, my copy was stolen and now 30 days have passed and I'm locked
out, unable to get past the WGA. No big deal really, I had been looking for a
reason to buy a new pc anyway, so I went out and purchased a new HP with
Vista. I brought it home and installed the old hard drive into it so I could
copy my files. I disabled simple file sharing and took ownership of the
drive, but it still will not let me access it. Is WGA still the problem here?
If so, what the heck do I do now?

Ownership and read/write permissions are not the same thing. Also,
permissions are granted on files, not on drives (so I don't know what you
actually did regarding permissions). In the security settings for the files
(or for the folders provided you also inherit changes to it to the files and
folders under it), what are the settings for the Administrators and Owner
accounts? Do they have Full permissions? Are you logging under the
Administrator, admin-level, or owner account after changing permissions?

I get the dreaded "access is denied" message...

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

throttlehog wrote:
I needed to reinstall my xp pro, but couldn't find my disk, so I borrowed
another one to install it temporarily until I could locate my own. Well as it
turned out, my copy was stolen and now 30 days have passed and I'm locked
out, unable to get past the WGA. No big deal really, I had been looking for a
reason to buy a new pc anyway, so I went out and purchased a new HP with
Vista. I brought it home and installed the old hard drive into it so I could
copy my files. I disabled simple file sharing and took ownership of the
drive, but it still will not let me access it. Is WGA still the problem here?
If so, what the heck do I do now?


No, this has nothing to do with WGA. Exactly what error message to you
get when you try to access the slaved hard drive?


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot
.

I get the dreaded "access is denied" message...

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

throttlehog wrote:
I needed to reinstall my xp pro, but couldn't find my disk, so I borrowed
another one to install it temporarily until I could locate my own. Well as it
turned out, my copy was stolen and now 30 days have passed and I'm locked
out, unable to get past the WGA. No big deal really, I had been looking for a
reason to buy a new pc anyway, so I went out and purchased a new HP with
Vista. I brought it home and installed the old hard drive into it so I could
copy my files. I disabled simple file sharing and took ownership of the
drive, but it still will not let me access it. Is WGA still the problem here?
If so, what the heck do I do now?


No, this has nothing to do with WGA. Exactly what error message to you
get when you try to access the slaved hard drive?


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot
.

"throttlehog" wrote in message
...
I needed to reinstall my xp pro, but couldn't find my disk, so I borrowed
another one to install it temporarily until I could locate my own. Well as
it
turned out, my copy was stolen and now 30 days have passed and I'm locked
out, unable to get past the WGA. No big deal really, I had been looking
for a
reason to buy a new pc anyway, so I went out and purchased a new HP with
Vista. I brought it home and installed the old hard drive into it so I
could
copy my files. I disabled simple file sharing and took ownership of the
drive, but it still will not let me access it. Is WGA still the problem
here?
If so, what the heck do I do now?

nothing to do with WGA

just Google for
taking ownerhip of files

"throttlehog" wrote in message
...
I needed to reinstall my xp pro, but couldn't find my disk, so I borrowed
another one to install it temporarily until I could locate my own. Well as
it
turned out, my copy was stolen and now 30 days have passed and I'm locked
out, unable to get past the WGA. No big deal really, I had been looking
for a
reason to buy a new pc anyway, so I went out and purchased a new HP with
Vista. I brought it home and installed the old hard drive into it so I
could
copy my files. I disabled simple file sharing and took ownership of the
drive, but it still will not let me access it. Is WGA still the problem
here?
If so, what the heck do I do now?

nothing to do with WGA

just Google for
taking ownerhip of files

I don't believe I mentioned anything about permissions; however, I have
checked the permission page for the only account on the machine (mine) and it
has full permissions. As far as logging into another account after changing
permissions, there is only one account on this machine, and it is an
administrator account.



"VanguardLH" wrote:

throttlehog wrote:

I needed to reinstall my xp pro, but couldn't find my disk, so I borrowed
another one to install it temporarily until I could locate my own. Well as it
turned out, my copy was stolen and now 30 days have passed and I'm locked
out, unable to get past the WGA. No big deal really, I had been looking for a
reason to buy a new pc anyway, so I went out and purchased a new HP with
Vista. I brought it home and installed the old hard drive into it so I could
copy my files. I disabled simple file sharing and took ownership of the
drive, but it still will not let me access it. Is WGA still the problem here?
If so, what the heck do I do now?

Ownership and read/write permissions are not the same thing. Also,
permissions are granted on files, not on drives (so I don't know what you
actually did regarding permissions). In the security settings for the files
(or for the folders provided you also inherit changes to it to the files and
folders under it), what are the settings for the Administrators and Owner
accounts? Do they have Full permissions? Are you logging under the
Administrator, admin-level, or owner account after changing permissions?
.

I don't believe I mentioned anything about permissions; however, I have
checked the permission page for the only account on the machine (mine) and it
has full permissions. As far as logging into another account after changing
permissions, there is only one account on this machine, and it is an
administrator account.



"VanguardLH" wrote:

throttlehog wrote:

I needed to reinstall my xp pro, but couldn't find my disk, so I borrowed
another one to install it temporarily until I could locate my own. Well as it
turned out, my copy was stolen and now 30 days have passed and I'm locked
out, unable to get past the WGA. No big deal really, I had been looking for a
reason to buy a new pc anyway, so I went out and purchased a new HP with
Vista. I brought it home and installed the old hard drive into it so I could
copy my files. I disabled simple file sharing and took ownership of the
drive, but it still will not let me access it. Is WGA still the problem here?
If so, what the heck do I do now?

Ownership and read/write permissions are not the same thing. Also,
permissions are granted on files, not on drives (so I don't know what you
actually did regarding permissions). In the security settings for the files
(or for the folders provided you also inherit changes to it to the files and
folders under it), what are the settings for the Administrators and Owner
accounts? Do they have Full permissions? Are you logging under the
Administrator, admin-level, or owner account after changing permissions?
.

I did...and after gathering info from a large number of sites, I settled on
the MS procedure outlined in the article "How to take ownership of a file or
folder in Windows XP". I followed the steps outlined and was able to take
ownership; however, I am still getting the "access is denied" message.

"philo" wrote:


"throttlehog" wrote in message
...
I needed to reinstall my xp pro, but couldn't find my disk, so I borrowed
another one to install it temporarily until I could locate my own. Well as
it
turned out, my copy was stolen and now 30 days have passed and I'm locked
out, unable to get past the WGA. No big deal really, I had been looking
for a
reason to buy a new pc anyway, so I went out and purchased a new HP with
Vista. I brought it home and installed the old hard drive into it so I
could
copy my files. I disabled simple file sharing and took ownership of the
drive, but it still will not let me access it. Is WGA still the problem
here?
If so, what the heck do I do now?

nothing to do with WGA

just Google for
taking ownerhip of files


.

I did...and after gathering info from a large number of sites, I settled on
the MS procedure outlined in the article "How to take ownership of a file or
folder in Windows XP". I followed the steps outlined and was able to take
ownership; however, I am still getting the "access is denied" message.

"philo" wrote:


"throttlehog" wrote in message
...
I needed to reinstall my xp pro, but couldn't find my disk, so I borrowed
another one to install it temporarily until I could locate my own. Well as
it
turned out, my copy was stolen and now 30 days have passed and I'm locked
out, unable to get past the WGA. No big deal really, I had been looking
for a
reason to buy a new pc anyway, so I went out and purchased a new HP with
Vista. I brought it home and installed the old hard drive into it so I
could
copy my files. I disabled simple file sharing and took ownership of the
drive, but it still will not let me access it. Is WGA still the problem
here?
If so, what the heck do I do now?

nothing to do with WGA

just Google for
taking ownerhip of files


.