Unlocker

I'm trying to regain control over one of my old harddrives where I basically shot myself in the foot assigning permissions to keep my computer safe. I finally gave up using it because I didn't know what I was doing with the permissions. I've gone in now and am backing up all the data on that harddrive so I can reformat, but some of the folders are locked. I installed Unlocker which I've used in the past, but either I don't know how to use it or it's not working. I can't use the OS on that drive, because I rebuilt the computer, so I'm hoping to find a way to get the harddrive backed up so I can wipe it and start over. Any ideas? Does Unlocker work for folders and files? Is there a tutorial on it? Are there files or folders it can't unlock?

One thing I noticed is that since I reformatted and reinstalled my OS on a new harddrive, I don't remember how to get the settings so I can open my System Volume Information folder. It gives me the same THUNK! rejection as the others I've been trying to open. I have the normal settings so that I can open both system and hidden folders, but some of them are still whited out.





:cry

 

Download puppy linux, burn the iso and then backup to an external drive. Because Puppy logs in as root, you should not have a problem.

http://help.artaro.eu/index.php/windows-xp/troubleshooting-xp/recover-files-from-hard-disk-xp.html

http://help.artaro.eu/index.php/win...vista/recover-files-from-hard-disk-vista.html

Edit: you may want to try this instead of unlocker.

http://www.iobit.com/iobit-unlocker.html

http://majorgeeks.com/IObit_Unlocker_d6839.html

 

I'll try this - thanks much