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Thread ID: 122140	2011-12-04 01:03:00	Recovering data from Drive Install in another PC	Happy Harry (321)	Press F1

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1246966	2011-12-04 01:03:00	Hi One and All I have a dead Laptop whose hard drive I have installed into my test PC, that I am having issues with. Even after taking ownership of the complete drive, whenever I try to explore anything under the users directory, I get the following error. D:\User\xyz123\Local Settings, refers to a location that is not available. The directory path varies according to what directory I try to explore in. Some of the directories in the d: drive (the laptop drive) are able to be explored but the users directory is not. The lappy drive is I believe running Vista that has been upgraded to Win7 My test PC is running XPPro SP3 I am trying to recover the user data, email etc for installation in a new Lappy. Of course, there are no backups. Has anyone else been down this track?? What am I missing?? I have tried several resolves found in Google but with no success to date. Cheers HH	Happy Harry (321)
1246967	2011-12-04 02:16:00	Try booting from a CD, something like Ubuntu, that can usually see the contents unless its badly corrupted. Then copy the data to another drive, either internal or external USB. The problem could be XP cant get past the permissions of Vista.	wainuitech (129)
1246968	2011-12-04 04:16:00	Try booting from a CD, something like Ubuntu, that can usually see the contents unless its badly corrupted. Then copy the data to another drive, either internal or external USB. The problem could be XP cant get past the permissions of Vista.Thanks WT No The drive is not corrupted, it is the Mobo of the lappy that is dead. It is a little strange that under the USERS directory, I can navigate and explore some folders that the user has made, ie Downloads, MY Rips, Converted Video, AVG, but not "system" folders like Local Settings, Application Data, My Documents. I am about to Install WIN 7 Pro onto a drive in my Test PC, and then see if Win 7 can explore this other drive. Are you able to tell me where I can get a bootable Ubuntu ISO to do as you suggest??	Happy Harry (321)
1246969	2011-12-04 04:28:00	www.ubuntu.com Or if you can get a copy of the latest PCWorld, its on the Cover CD. Ubuntu is a complete OS, so you boot from the CD and select try Ubuntu (or words to that effect) -- DONT install it, as it will wipe your drive. There are many recovery type programs about, ubuntu should see right past any permissions. If you are installing W7 on the drive, that works a lot better than XP at entering the system as you want.	wainuitech (129)
1246970	2011-12-04 07:48:00	Much quicker to download Parted Magic which is not a full Linux desktop distribution - sourceforge.net	johnd (85)
1246971	2011-12-04 21:35:00	www.paragon-software.com Try this. Ive been using Paragon free version for a while now for Linux based data only file transfer/recovery Its menu based, very very easy to use. It can even cope with ACHI . Also remember that the Vista users 'folders' you see may actually be 'logical links' , and the real (say)documents folder may be somewhere else , but still easy to find.	1101 (13337)
1246972	2011-12-05 02:33:00	Thanks for the input guys After much dicking around and loading Win7 to my test machine, I was still not able to access the required files. A wee lightbulb went off and I booted the test PC, using the Laptop drive as master. There were a few minor driver issues, but all the data was immediatley available and copyable to another directory on the drive. I have since removed this drive(laptop) and using it in a USB enclosure, I now have access to the data from the new directory. I am still unsure why I could not access these files, but the workaround acheived the required result. Thanks again	Happy Harry (321)
1246973	2011-12-05 07:39:00	Much quicker to download Parted Magic which is not a full Linux desktop distribution - sourceforge.net +1	mikebartnz (21)
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