View Full Version : I need serious help from the RFD experts plz !!!
CJJ25
Mar 5th, 2005, 03:09 PM
hi guys
i recently formated my computer harddrive. well only formated one of the drives (B,C,E one of them, rather segatement) and somehow, my old xp system still shows up when starting the system (it says choose one of the following xp or 2000) note: i installed 2000 as the new system. and the problem is under D drive (which is my old xp system's installation drive) some files were not formated. and i actually want them because i think somehow i forgot to back these files up by moving them to E: ( i did cut and paste i think but i guess somehow some files were left behind) and these files are the photographies i took which means a lot to me. and the problem is when i double click on the folder it says i can't access it. and i can't even copy paste do anything to it. is there anyway to access that folder on D: and get my files out of there? thank you so much, for helping me out, if u hav any questions, plz ask me , i'll try providing a better explainition. thanksss
Canadianpsycho
Mar 5th, 2005, 03:37 PM
Wow, that's confusing...
What drive letters are you using for your partitions? Which drives have the OS on them? Which drive has the pictures on them?
Are you sure the picture files are still there? What OS are you trying to use? Win2k?
CJJ25
Mar 6th, 2005, 08:51 PM
Wow, that's confusing...
What drive letters are you using for your partitions? Which drives have the OS on them? Which drive has the pictures on them?
Are you sure the picture files are still there? What OS are you trying to use? Win2k?
lol i noe it is...fact is its been half a year, i was busy w/ school so i didnt bother look into it.
D had the XP and i tried to move the pictures from D to E, somehow all other files in the my documents were moved except my pictures. so i formated D under dos. and somehow the old OS , XP still shows up on my DOS selection. the reason i say the pictures are sitll there is because there is about 900 MB taken from D before i put anything into D drive. and i can see a folder there too, its just i can't open the folder.
synaptech
Mar 6th, 2005, 08:58 PM
go into fdisk, change active partition to the one you want to boot.
Loco
Mar 6th, 2005, 10:26 PM
What happens when you choose the XP at the screen boot-up? Do you actually go back into your old OS or is it just a remnant left over from when you changed to Win2k?
If you get into WinXp... Could you burn the wanted files to a disc? :idea:
Jordie
Mar 6th, 2005, 11:52 PM
Stop accessing the drive and use a recovery utility IMMEDIATELY!
octacon
Mar 7th, 2005, 12:21 AM
thought i'd try to help...um are you logging into window 2000 and viewing this folder on the other partition which had windows xp on it? if so then the reason you can't get access to the folder may be due to the fact xp is not allowing permission to it. look up on trying to take ownership of the folder through windows 2000. sorry i dont' have link on hand but maybe this suggestion might help you get on the right track. :cheesygri
CJJ25
Jun 23rd, 2006, 01:23 AM
Stop accessing the drive and use a recovery utility IMMEDIATELY!
how???? please help!
Aero
Jun 23rd, 2006, 01:28 AM
Its been more than a year and its not fixed yet?
CJJ25
Jun 23rd, 2006, 01:32 AM
i am digging up an old thread of mine....i was never able to solve hte problem. PLEASE HELP! cuz i need to access the file in 2 days....thank you sooo much!!! :)
CJJ25
Jun 23rd, 2006, 01:33 AM
Its been more than a year and its not fixed yet?
it is called procrastinating...bad ...very bad :twisted:
WLJ101
Jun 23rd, 2006, 01:35 AM
What?? this is an easy fix without any software!!!!
Please tell me what is the folder's name, right click on it and check the size and post it here, try to take a screenshoot so i can help.
I just saw it.... 2005??!?!?
CJJ25
Jun 24th, 2006, 11:45 PM
yeah man. lol.
i'll do it right away...wait for 15-20 mins. gotta plug wires in and out again...
CJJ25
Jun 25th, 2006, 02:35 AM
OK. Update:
Can't get a picture...because somehow my MS keyboard is not recognized under Win2000 despite installing the driver..
The name is well, my document, and when I click it , it says "can't access the folder, access is denied"
Please help me guys!
Remember, it has been a year already!
evilbunny
Jun 25th, 2006, 03:05 AM
You have to reset the permission on the folder.
Right click the folder, go to properties, security, advanced, owner .. then change the owner to whatever account you are currently using.
mok86
Jun 25th, 2006, 09:53 AM
You have to reset the permission on the folder.
Right click the folder, go to properties, security, advanced, owner .. then change the owner to whatever account you are currently using.
he might have to do that logged in as admin unless his current account has admin powers
and if he's having problems with the os's at the beginning u have to change your boot.ini file and delete the windows xo option