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System Backup and Restore
Name: Endies Date: March 21, 2003 at 18:30:23 Pacific OS: Windows Xp Pro CPU/Ram: 1.80 GHx/768MB
Comment:
I just installed a new hard drive. I had backed up my old one with the Windows XP software. After I restored it, I get an error message saying.. file not accessible, access denied. I can't delete it either, and when I try system restore, it doesn't delete them either. How do I get rid of it, I don't care about the backup anymore, I just want to get rid of the files since they take up lots of space on my hard drive.
Name: Brown1955 Date: March 21, 2003 at 19:01:26 Pacific
Reply:
Are you saying you have Xp on the new HD and want to remove files from the old one. If so, right click my computer/manage/disk management, and you can format the old hard drive there.
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Response Number 2
Name: Endies Date: March 21, 2003 at 20:32:33 Pacific
Reply:
No I'm saying I backed up my old hard drive, which i dont have any more (I sold it) and when i tried to restore the backup file on my new hard drive, it wont let me access the files. It says access denied.
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Response Number 3
Name: -Bryan- Date: March 22, 2003 at 00:03:11 Pacific
Reply:
That's illegal in the first place. You left XP on the computer you sold, then you're going to use a copy of that same XP on your new computer?? No.
-=Bryan=-
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Response Number 4
Name: Emmett Date: March 22, 2003 at 04:30:29 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
If the XP file system is FAT32, not NTFS, you should be able to use a Windows 98 type startup floppy and access the drive to directly delete the files/folders you no longer need without XP butting in.
Good Luck
P.S. I really feel this is good data but have not been there or done it myself.
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Response Number 5
Name: Endies Date: March 22, 2003 at 11:31:52 Pacific
Reply:
Actually I reformatted it before I sold it so I didn't sell this person my copy of Windows XP. As for the FAT32/NTFS, its NTFS, and I already tried to delete them from DOS. Still no good, access denied.
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