----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Network copy Vs USB copy & Sharing My Documents
It can be done but you must be running Pro on all machines & turn off
Simple File Sharing. Some people cheat by having the same admin user name
& pwd on all the machines & the respective shares but really each machine
should have it's own unique admin user name & pwd & those users should be
listed on the other machines users snap in.
Most computers I repair are running XP Home OEM and the user most often has
no clue as to what the Administrator account is. My goal and objective is to
recover all data in the Favorites folder and the My Documents folder. Many
have the user account password protected. Many can not boot Windows due to a
crashed hard drive, messed up Windows or bad motherboard.
I did get a customer's Windows XP to boot up on my shop computer by hooking
their hard drive to my computer and booting into Safe Mode. I got rid of
their password, but still I could not access their data on the next boot
into Safe Mode.
What is the most simple way to access their data with their hard drive
hooked to my shop computer as a slave drive? Remember, I most often do not
get to work on their computer until after their data has become protected
and after it will no longer boot into Windows. I do not have any opportunity
to prepare in advance for non accessbile data.
Thanks in advance,
Chuck
