Re: Bad XP problem

From: William R. Walsh (newsgroups1_at_idontwantjunqueemail.walshcomptech.com)
Date: 08/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:14:54 GMT

Hi!

Unless I missed something in your post (which is quite possible) why don't
you just set the drive as a slave and pop it into a working PC.

You might have to forcibly redefine some disk and folder permissions if the
files are in a "private" folder as you say. I don't think XP still has the
ability to do this, but Windows NT and 2000 do. If you right click a folder,
choose Properties and then choose the "Permissions" tab you can "force" your
way into the files. I do believe you must be an administrator or a member of
the administrators group.

This may not be the best way, but I've had to do it before to back up drives
where the contents were in danger because of viruses or other big problems.

If and when you get the box up and running, it might pay to find a more
competent OS of your choosing. Personally I use Windows 2000 Pro because
there is just too much I don't care for in XP.

William

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