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Solve : Trying to copy C drive but access denied - PLEASE HELP....THANKS? |
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Answer» -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have look thru the posts but could not find enough info. I am a rookie and it would help if the responses were spelled out in laymans terms. I am running Windows Vista. Thanks. The problem I am having is that I dropped my computer. I have been with the DELL tech group but no help. So I was in DOS which I learned 20 years ago (forgot most) but have just enough KNOWLEDGE to pull up DOS and try simple copy commands. I tried to copy all of the C drive but no can do due to all the programs on it. SO.... I want to copy just my files that are on the C drive onto a flash drive but I do not know the commands. I have looked on several sites but cannot not find what I need. DOS is not the answer for this problem...... You will need drivers for that USB drive to work and GETTING DOS drivers for USB storage media would be a nightmare to find is there are any out there.... I'd use a Knoppix Live Linux CD to boot the system and access the C: drive, which would mount as not C: but as the only hard drive in your system. Then use the GUI of Knoppix to grab data off of your Hard Drive and Copy it to the Thumb drive..... Knoppix should be able to see NTFS, and will definately see FAT32 partitions if an old laptop like Windows 98 SE. NTFS should be able to work with Knoppix distro, but I believe it is still in a "beta" state for support. You will need to go to http://www.knoppix.com/ and download it.... about 700MB to a CD or DVD, and be able to burn it. You will need DSL or Broadband to be able to do this because it would take a week with satelite or dial-up. Boot the laptop off the burned Knoppix CD or DVD and be sure that the thumb drive is also inserted so Knoppix will SEEIT when it detects hardware and mounts its drivers ( HOPEFULLY ) Other than that, your best bet is getting a IDE to USB kit for about $20 that will allow for you to plug your hard drive (removed from laptop ) into a dongle setup that will plug in via USB to a desktop or another laptop. * You can also use a 2.5" External Drive case, but that may cost more than the IDE to USB dongle that are out there... The better dongle is the one that is double sided for 2.5" and 3.5" laptop and desktop computer IDE drives, and a nicer version EVEN has SATA support with the IDE support. With the dongle the computer interfacing with the drive will see it as an external drive. ((( As long as the drive is not badly damaged you should be able to COPY all important data from that drive to the other computer and burn it to CD or DVD if you wanted or move it to USB thumb drive which is less safe due to the flash memory nature than burning to media like CD or DVD.))) |
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