Vista - Getting access to HD

I have a friend of mines Vista HD from his laptop in my Vista Desktop. I
need to pull all his pics-vids-docs off before a reinstall. It got
corrupted. I cant get access to all his folders. I have his PW, but how do
I "Log-on" to his HD??

Cory

You simply to take ownership of the folders/files on that hard drive. Vista
includes a "Takeown" command line tool that is easy to use.

Start an elevated command prompt and type: takeown /? to see the
parameters and syntax.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Cory B" <CoryB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C35E8494-06A0-400F-BC20-8A3A6B9F7327@microsoft.com...
>I have a friend of mines Vista HD from his laptop in my Vista Desktop. I
> need to pull all his pics-vids-docs off before a reinstall. It got
> corrupted. I cant get access to all his folders. I have his PW, but how
> do
> I "Log-on" to his HD??

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> Cory
>
> You simply to take ownership of the folders/files on that hard drive. Vista
> includes a "Takeown" command line tool that is easy to use.
>
> Start an elevated command prompt and type: takeown /? to see the
> parameters and syntax.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "Cory B" <CoryB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C35E8494-06A0-400F-BC20-8A3A6B9F7327@microsoft.com...
> >I have a friend of mines Vista HD from his laptop in my Vista Desktop. I
> > need to pull all his pics-vids-docs off before a reinstall. It got
> > corrupted. I cant get access to all his folders. I have his PW, but how
> > do
> > I "Log-on" to his HD??



> elevated command prompt??

What would I type to take ownership of the entire drive?

"Cory B" wrote:

>
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
>
> > Cory
> >
> > You simply to take ownership of the folders/files on that hard drive. Vista
> > includes a "Takeown" command line tool that is easy to use.
> >
> > Start an elevated command prompt and type: takeown /? to see the
> > parameters and syntax.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Ronnie Vernon
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows Shell/User
> >
> >
> > "Cory B" <CoryB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:C35E8494-06A0-400F-BC20-8A3A6B9F7327@microsoft.com...
> > >I have a friend of mines Vista HD from his laptop in my Vista Desktop. I
> > > need to pull all his pics-vids-docs off before a reinstall. It got
> > > corrupted. I cant get access to all his folders. I have his PW, but how
> > > do
> > > I "Log-on" to his HD??
>
>
>
> > elevated command prompt??

Cory

It depends on how the drive is set up with folder folder structure, etc.

Most user data files on XP were contained in the Document and Settings
folder structure.

When you copy files from that old hard drive, do not move the system
folders, such as Documents and Settings, Windows, etc. This could cause a
conflict with folders in Vista. Your best strategy would be to create a
folder in Vista, in the C:\Public folder somewhere called Imported Files and
copy all of the files and folders there.

By opening an elevated command prompt, I meant to open the command prompt
with administrator privileges. Go to Start and type: cmd.exe In the
results, right-click the cmd.exe file and select the Run As Administrator
option.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Cory B" <CoryB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0C780E77-1BBC-46AE-9349-5ADC5CA32912@microsoft.com...
> What would I type to take ownership of the entire drive?
>
> "Cory B" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
>>
>> > Cory
>> >
>> > You simply to take ownership of the folders/files on that hard drive.
>> > Vista
>> > includes a "Takeown" command line tool that is easy to use.
>> >
>> > Start an elevated command prompt and type: takeown /? to see the
>> > parameters and syntax.
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Ronnie Vernon
>> > Microsoft MVP
>> > Windows Shell/User
>> >
>> >
>> > "Cory B" <CoryB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:C35E8494-06A0-400F-BC20-8A3A6B9F7327@microsoft.com...
>> > >I have a friend of mines Vista HD from his laptop in my Vista Desktop.
>> > >I
>> > > need to pull all his pics-vids-docs off before a reinstall. It got
>> > > corrupted. I cant get access to all his folders. I have his PW,
>> > > but how
>> > > do
>> > > I "Log-on" to his HD??
>>
>>
>>
>> > elevated command prompt??