recovering data (access denied)

I am preparing to do a reinstall on a window xp machine. There is some data I need to backup before I start. I have removed the sata drive from the (non-booting) machine, and am using a hard drive usb docking station to access the data via a working computer. The data I need to copy is located in the owner folder which I can not copy or open. I get the following message when I try to access the folder:

H:\documents and settings\Owner is not accessible.

access is denied



Is there a way around this?

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823306
These links may be of use, they worked for me.

 

im not an expert on this particular subject - but if i recall correctly, booting into safe mode and then right clicking > and changing the user permissions for the folders on the extra hard drive will work, then all you have to do is boot normally - and copy em over as if they were normal old files.

eg: right clicking on the documents and settings folder

 

Thanks guys! That was just what I needed!

 

great - glad one of us could help you mate =D

but, just incase someone pops there head in if they have a similar problem - what specifically did you do to fix you problem? that way its less time intensive in the future.