Lokolo Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 Ok so windows got crazy and corrupt so had to install Windows on another drive. the old drive i cannot seem to install Windows. I install everything but when it goes to log in nothing happens and i never get to the main desktop (just goes blank).however, my second drive (D:) i have windows on and everything but i want to be able to access all my old documents on C:, but can't.anyone have any suggestions?Thanks,p.s. the error i get when tryin to get into C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME is 'C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME is not accesible. Access is denied' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Ok so windows got crazy and corrupt so had to install Windows on another drive. the old drive i cannot seem to install Windows. I install everything but when it goes to log in nothing happens and i never get to the main desktop (just goes blank).however, my second drive (D:) i have windows on and everything but i want to be able to access all my old documents on C:, but can't.anyone have any suggestions?Thanks,p.s. the error i get when tryin to get into C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME is 'C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME is not accesible. Access is denied'Did you use encryption in the drive Windows was installed first? I would not know how to deal with encryption but I will suggest you a work around to get your files back (I understand you just want to recover them).Download a Linux Live CD, Ubuntu is quite suitable for the task of reading files in NTFS partitions, burn it and boot the computer with it. Once set you will see a desktop from which you should see your old Windows partition (and the new too). Just browse the old partition and back up your files in USB sticks or whatever (if you have a CD/DVD burner in another bay you could use it too).A direct link to get Ubuntu is http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadGood luck.Staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshomaru Samma Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 the old drive i cannot seem to install Windows. I install everything but when it goes to log in nothing happens and i never get to the main desktop (just goes blank).are referring to the C drive? did you try to install and things went wrong?if that is the case it is unlikely that you have any documents to access.I would take Staff's advice ,though I personally think Knoppix is faster than Ubuntu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokolo Posted July 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 the old drive i cannot seem to install Windows. I install everything but when it goes to log in nothing happens and i never get to the main desktop (just goes blank).are referring to the C drive? did you try to install and things went wrong?if that is the case it is unlikely that you have any documents to access.I would take Staff's advice ,though I personally think Knoppix is faster than Ubuntuno no the document are still there - otherwise i have 40GB missing from my drive of 'nothing'. I have just been installing windows over the top but first try it seemed to corrupt on installation so I was HMPHing about and installed it on another drive.I will try to install windows again on it but no idea if that'll work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshomaru Samma Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Do you mean to say that you have adifferent partition with data on it? During installation Windows formats the partition it installs to. So if you install it to the same partition as your data ,your data will be lost (unless you are doing a system recovery or something like taht) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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