"SpamBox" <glenns.spambox@tesco.net> wrote in message
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> "johns" <johns321@moscow.com> wrote in message
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> > This takes talent. You must be in-training to
> > become a professor. Seems you've backed
> > yourself into a corner with too much theory
> > and too little fact. I've been called to this
> > one about 1000 times now, and it is a challenge.
> > My advice to begin with is take the bad
> > disk, and mount it as a SATA 2 in a known
> > good computer ... not hacked by a professor.
> > Then open the drive folder and click on TOOLS
> > ... Folder Options ... View ... and scroll down
> > to the bottom of the list and uncheck Simple
> > File Sharing. That will let you see SECURITY
> > TAB under the drive Properties ( Rclick to see ).
> > Make sure you list Administrator with full
> > rights ( you may need to ADD Administrator ).
> > Then, possibly, you can get control of those
> > files. As for the encrypted files ???? NEVER
> > encrypt files. If you need to encrypt files, you
> > more better need to NOT CREATE them in
> > the first place. Your only chance there is to
> > contact the person who wrote the Encryption
> > Program to download an encryption snooper
> > from him. I think I know the program you
> > probably used .. and that guy can help you.
> > He says so on his web site.
> > The only other thing I can think of .. which I
> > have done with minor success is to restore
> > the boot sector. You can get to that by booting
> > the install cd, and selecting one of the recovery
> > methods that lets you "sys" the C-drive. Also,
> > I've run straight Checkdsk and recovered a few
> > times, but that way can sack the corrupted
> > files, along with the entire disk if the files
> > have become crosslinked.
> >
> > johns
> >
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> Or you could use a linux boot CD (Knoppix is good) and access the files
> regardless of security permissions. Download knoppix (or similar) burn CD
> and make sure you PC is set to boot from the CD-ROM. Linux boot CDs
> typically access the drive on read-only mode for added safety.

Yes, I have noticed that when reading about other Linux based boot disks
(for cracking the WinXP Admin password I forgot...been 1.5+yrs since install
on that system & since I have admin ability anyway I never used it & forgot
password).

I will try that disk when I have the chance.

> If the files really are encrypted (which you would definitely know because
> you would have enabled encryption for some reason and knew exactly what
you
> were doing when you did it) a boot CD will not help. As I have never felt
> the need to encrypt my files, I cannot help you with this one!
>
I just used the standard WinXP security form of encryption (where you make a
folder that only your login can access & choose to encrypt it's files also).
I did this because this isn't the only computer on the LAN at the time.
Other people had access to it through my sister's computer & I didn't want
them getting to THAT folder since it contained financial data & other
important stuff. Probably in the future I'll go with the next best option
of physical security (removable drive, if they can't physically get to the
drive over the network then they cant get to it when I'm not there because
it would be disconnected & I'll just also not share that drive that way if I
need it in another room I can just take it with me).

So I may or may not be able to access the drive, but my guess is probably
not since I need admin privileges I'd bet. Does that boot disk you
mentioned give XP Admin account password cracking (at least read & reveal
the password) privileges? So then I can go into recovery mode (why wont XP
allow me to get into recovery mode with access to another admin style
account & only not mess with another user's stuff that I'd not normally be
able to get?).

Any other ideas of how to get Windows to boot? BTW this is my ONLY SATA
capable system & that XP install isn't booting (so I can hook up the drive
to a system or that one for that matter that already has XP on it working).

Thanks for the reply.