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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 08:12 PM
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Hiya folks

Can anyone help.

I am trying to recover some files from a friend's old HDD. So i set it as slave and put it in my mahcine...

Alls well and good, drive shows, i have access etc....however I cannot get into their "My Documents" it says "Access Denied"...fook, all the files needing backing up are in My Documents, anyone know how I can access this area (Without major hassle?)
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 08:43 PM
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hi mate, i did the same for someone and cud only recover some files, i take it the hard drive wont boot up? or bootin it in safe mode as a master?

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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 09:43 PM
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http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

make sure you log onto your pc as administrator or else it probably wont' work
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 11:02 PM
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Ish, your a star, cheers buddy
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