HDD wont boot in another system

[Gazziza]

Recently my motherboard died. And when you try to boot w/ the hard drive in another system it wont boot because of changed system configuration. So i put it as the secondary and tried to backup my files. i was successful in backing up some but some others not. this is because those were set up w/ password and file protection under WindowsXP. i've tried sharing the files on the second hard drive but it still wont let me move the folders to a shared folder on my primary or let me access b/c of the file protection. tried DOS. didnt work. tried to see if Win2K would do it, didnt work. not sure what else to do. its either buy the same motherboard (ECS K7S5A) or try to use Powerquest Drive Image or Norton Ghost. Do you think making an image would work? I really dont want to buy the same mobo. So would making an image, reformat the drive and install the image all on a new motherboard work? do u guys know of any other way to get by the file protection?

thanks in advanced.
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[mechBgon]

Your best solution would be to boot from the WinXP CD and go through the Repair process, I think. Without the WinXP installation that created those encrypted files, you won't get them unencrypted. If you install WinXP fresh, the decrypt key is gone forever. FAQ on the subject, courtesy of AndyHui

 

[elzmaddy]

Good thinking. Make a drive image immediately to the secondary drive before you attempt to change anything. Then you can try the repair process mechBgon described. If that doesn't work, then I'd think using an identical motherboard will let you into Windows. Read this thread I started a few days ago about this very subject. Buying the motherboard is up to you, you must determine how important those files are to you.

But as mechBgon said, there should be no way to recover the files unless you exported the private key. This is by design.

 

[matrixdud]

With the second drive installed in the system

1) Right-Click the root drive
2) Select Properties->Security->Advanced->Owner
3) Click the current system admin or user account that you're using and click the checkbox "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects
4) Click apply
5) Go back to the Permissions tab and make sure that your user has permissions set
5a) Select your user and check the checkbox(es) and hit Apply