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| Thread ID: 30876 | 2003-03-05 19:47:00 | OMG Help me Please!!!! | JamesStewart (874) | Press F1 |
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| 125816 | 2003-03-06 02:27:00 | But Terry, most of the Windows books are a waste of good trees. It's all marketed as being so easy and intuitive that anyone can do it, but the facts are that to do anything beyond the trivial on a computer is bloody difficult. I've never fully trusted mainframe and mini manufacturer's manuals either, so I'm not biased. Driving in a foreign country? You just put your boot down and go, don't you? To communicate with foreigners, you just talk slowly and loudly. :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 125817 | 2003-03-06 02:54:00 | ><I'm feeling devilish today, and Merlin is quite right It never ceases to amaze me that people are prepared to spend $2k or so on a computer and a strange pre-installed OS, and yet wont buy a decent book/manual that will tell them how to drive it. Even worse they commit important data to the thing with no back-up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thats because you don't subscribe to the theory,when all else fails read instructions.The likes of me will never understand these things,so its nice to know that there is you and the likes of Merlin will get us out of our hole;If we offend your sensibilities,I apologize. |
Thomas (1820) | ||
| 125818 | 2003-03-06 03:05:00 | I would be willing to bet that there is no Microsoft Help covering James's problem. It's the sort of thing that doesn't get documented, because it "won't happen". I am a believer in reading the manuals. I often don't totally believe the manuals. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 125819 | 2003-03-06 03:20:00 | > I would be willing to bet that there is no Microsoft > Help covering James's problem . It's the sort of > thing that doesn't get documented, because it "won't > happen" . > > I am a believer in reading the manuals . I often > don't totally believe the manuals . LOL!!! :-) My thoughts too . . . :-) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 125820 | 2003-03-06 03:30:00 | No no Thomas, my sensibilities are not offended, I was just being a bit impish. I dont find Windows intuitive at all. MS used to supply manuals at one time, they were good enough to get one started. Now it's all click on the help button, or online help. I find that a pain in the neck it's not like being able to browse through a book or magazine at leisure & have it open at your side whilst trying something out. As Graham said it because Windows & computers have been marketed by MS as being easy for everyone to use, yet all the while it is getting harder and more complex, bloat, bloat bloat etc. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 125821 | 2003-03-06 06:39:00 | Yeah, I tried putting "panasonic" as my password (what is was before) and it dosn't work.. | JamesStewart (874) | ||
| 125822 | 2003-03-06 11:09:00 | James, you say there is no 'security' tab on the drive you want to access? It might be that you formatted the E drive as NTFS...and your Win Xp (C) is formatted as fat32?? Check to see, both drives should be the same format. Did you try adding 'Administrators' as a permission? |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 125823 | 2003-03-06 12:30:00 | Yes, both (well all three) partitions . Ok, here is what I have done so far . I have formatted the C: AGAIN! and installed W98 but it dosn't show the partitions (only supports FAT i think or FAT32) . I do want to know can ME read the drives??? Also, here is somthing strange . . . I right click on the drvie in question and I can back up the files . I can then "Restore" them onto the C: drive BUT the files are still invaild (musthave encrytion in them) because it just says "Access Denied" . I can see, every thing is in there through the Back Up thing . Look thanks for all your help people but I still where I was two nights ago . And for people who didn't read my pervious posts: I right click on the E:\ (the problem drive) and the secruity tab is NOT there . I can not change the permissions . Please I am calling for some one out there who can help me . My English essay is due in very soon and I need to fix this . Thanks to all your comments tough :D P . S: Any one know where I can pick up a Lynix Boot CD (like the one that came with PC Wolrd) because I am happy to do it through that (copy the contence and format after everthing is out) . Here is a thought: If any one out there has the CD and a CDRW, I will pay you to copy the CD and mail it to me . If you can, please give me a ring on 520-3668 . But come on people, SURELY there is a way around this . . . . . Stupid Microsoft, make their OS's air tight :@ |
JamesStewart (874) | ||
| 125824 | 2003-03-06 21:10:00 | Format your C: drive as NTFS. Your C drive has to be NTFS to read the E drive which sounds like it is NTFS also. Also NTFS with XP has encryption by default. But did you encrypt the files on your drive by right clicking and then going encrypt? If you did manual encryption, then your probably won't get them unencrypted without any specific help from Microsoft. Believe me it happened to me. You should be able to access that drive if you format the C in NTFS. Anyone else know? |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 125825 | 2003-03-06 22:01:00 | James Have you resolved the FAT32/NTFS issue yet? It is not clear from your posts whether or not you have, or whether you understand the implications of having your data stuck on an NTFS formatted partition . Only NT, W2K or XP can read NTFS files so W9x , ME or any other DOS based OS is of no help . It is also not clear whether or not you have encrypted your data . Admittedly some posts to this thread have been anything but helpful, with a few just here for the sport, it seems . :( You still need to give us a clear picture of how your computer was initially set up, and what features were enabled . In theory, if you reinstall XP and set it up with the same passwords and permissions, you should be able to access your data . However, if you can't, I would consider swapping that disk into another computer as a slave and examining the contents of the data partition using an appropriate utility . I can't even suggest one at present because I don't know the file format you have used, and DOS utilities are not much help on NTFS partitions . Maybe if you can extract the file you want (if it is not encypted) and get that worry out of your mind, you could then set about fixing your computer . Personally I don't use NTFS because it offers no great advantages, but complicates matters in times of need! Nor do I encrypt files or add unnecessary refinements, beyond my real or actual security needs, or beyond my present competencies . Sit back, write out a clear description of the circumstances giving the whole picture, then treat it like an english essay by putting it to one side for an hour or two then come back and proof read it for content, sense and completeness before posting . Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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