it may have been the hard drive, after disabling performance mode on the RAM, it stopped rebooting randomly. but now, it appears that i cannot access my folder in documents and settings on what use to be the C: drive, it says access denied, how do i get around this? i tried DOS, but, even DOS says access denied, i have tried copying the files, extracting them, ect. nothing works, any iideas? i know i set it so i was the only one who could access the files, i NEED to get my music and stuff off of there. ANY HELP will be taken, as long as it means recovering the files.
Try turning off Simple File Sharing and then re-claiming ownership of the folder in question.
1. Turn off Simple File Sharing:
a. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
b. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the View tab.
c. At the very bottom of the list, UNcheck the Use simple file sharing check box, and then click OK.
2. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
3. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message, if one appears.
4. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
5. In the Name list, click your user name, Administrator if you are logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators group.
If you want to take ownership of the contents of that folder, click to select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
6. Click OK.
You may receive the following error message, where
Folder is the name of the folder that you want to take ownership of:
"You do not have permission to read the contents of directory
Folder. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control? All permissions will be replaced if you press Yes."
7. Click Yes.
8. Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want for the folder and the folder contents.
Hope this helps, good luck!
