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Taking ownership of files...

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JimiP

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OK, so I'm working on a friends computer. He had a bunch of viruses that have taken over Windows and therefor, I was going to simply copy over his files to my machine and then reinstall Windows on his. I'm running Vista Home Premium 32bit of mine while he is running WinXP MCE. I took his HDD out of his machine and hooked it up to mine via one of those Thermaltake BlacX external deals (very nice btw).

Once Vista recognized all of his files on his HDD I began to try and copy over files. Little did I know that he had a password on his machine. Therefor, I have no access to them which makes copying them... a problem. Now, I know how to take ownership of individual files themselves but what I need to know is if there is any way to take complete ownership of every file on his HDD at the same time? Because honestly, I can't waste my time taking ownership one file at a time. That's ridiculous. He has over 130 Word files and several hundred photos so this would be extremely time consuming.

So the question stands, is there anyway to take ownership of all the files on his HDD at the same time? Thanks in advance!
 
You can take ownership of folders (or entire drives) the same way you take ownership of individual files. Just right-click on the folder instead of the file, then select the Security option and proceed from there. On the Owner tab where you make yourself the owner, make sure the box is checked to "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects".
 
You can try just doing a wild card search for whatever files he needs.

Do a search for *.doc; *.jpeg; *.jpg, etc. ,etc. then take ownership of his files and/or just copy them over once the search is completed.
 
You can also use the command line... let's say his drive comes up as drive letter G: on your system.

1) go to Start > All Programs > Accessories and right-click on Command Prompt. Choose "Run As Administrator."

2) in the Command Prompt, run the command takeown /f G:\ /r /d y

3) if you still have problems, run the command icacls G:\ /grant administrators:F /t and icacls G:\ /grant users:F /t, then try again.
 
Originally posted by: mechBgon
You can also use the command line... let's say his drive comes up as drive letter G: on your system.

1) go to Start > All Programs > Accessories and right-click on Command Prompt. Choose "Run As Administrator."

2) in the Command Prompt, run the command takeown /f G:\ /r /d y

3) if you still have problems, run the command icacls G:\ /grant administrators:F /t and icacls G:\ /grant users:F /t, then try again.
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TYVM. Very good to know. :cookie:
 
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