Access Denied

**rbscooby** · #1 9th May 2008, 08:29

ok so my laptop charger blew up, and i dont have 30 quid to replace it at the momement. i decided to take the hard drive out of my laptop and put it into an external casing. it works correctly but.

i recive a message telling me im denied from accessing the documents on the hard drive:

can anyone help me?

ive tryed using that unlocker program

**Mike0001** · #2 9th May 2008, 08:55

That is because you chose the "Make my documents private" option on your account.

Try a live linux distro instead. Or can you get in long enough to remove the password on your account?

**rbscooby** · #3 9th May 2008, 09:06

can you change passwords in safe mode?

**Mike0001** · #4 9th May 2008, 09:09

Yes. Put the disk back in the pc, blank your password, take it out and it will be readable in the other pc.

**philthomas** · #5 9th May 2008, 11:32

You may find that you just need to take ownership of the folder/files ..... see here for more

**Mike0001** · #6 9th May 2008, 13:39

Yes, I think the security ID is used to enforce privacy. I guess no password means no checking of privacy. Pointless in an OS that doesn't use that ID though. (Linux?)

**rbscooby** · #7 9th May 2008, 14:09

ok, i tryed removing password, thought because it might be an admin account, so changed it too a limted account, still no luck and have not got enough juice left in the laptop to do what you reccommened on the microsoft website

**serverguy** · #8 9th May 2008, 16:40

I expect you just need to take ownership of the files as philthomas said.