Fixing computers
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It's been a while since I worked on someone elses computer. This particular case I am taking the files from a SATA drive and moving them to a USB drive. No big deal, so I thought. However, even though it's hooked up as a slave drive windows sees some of the folders as being system folders so it asks permission to copy them. I grant it, it doesn't copy. So after struggling to get it to copy the user profiles over I say screw and will use Ubuntu (live cd) to do it. I start downloading it over http and it goes extremely slow. I switch to bittorrent and in no time at all I get the latest 10.4 desktop iso. I burn it to disc fire it up and go.
No big deal really. Until you realize, I don't have my mouse, keyboard, or they power cable to one of my monitors hooked up to my laptop anymore because I needed them for this process. Not to mention I had to fire up my old pc to hook the SATA drive up.
Ugh.. All just to copy files off an old hdd.
I find it very frustrating that to copying files off a 2nd hdd is such a process. I was hoping for a "copy+paste" situation but it turned out to be much more than that.Hello World! -
A lot of times booting into safe mode will fix permissions problems, but I think there is a utility/option somewhere to backup or copy user profiles.
What ver. of Windows was it? -
The OS running was Win 7. The one on the hdd I am copying I am not sure.Hello World!
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Interesting...
Anyway, it's always been my experience that fighting w/ permissions in Windows is like trying to teach a dog/cat to let itself out. (Or possibly teaching a fire to put itself out) -
Yeah, in my experience, to fully change permissions, you needed to boot into safe mode, delete the users that owned the file, and then add an "everybody" owner to it. At least it is something like that. Sorry if I am not specific, but maybe it will point you in the right direction.
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Recently moved my system onto a SSD, system wouldnt boot with the 2 HDDs with windows 7 still on them, so booted to the SSD and then stuck the other HDD into a SATA dock, then the fun began. About 1/2 an hour later I had all the windows files pried off the disk. The whole "TrustedInstaller" thing is a little odd.
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