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Windows Easy Transfer - 'Access is denied'
Hi I realy hope someone can help me out here,
I was using xp pro when i started the easy transfer process onto a seporate hdd in my pc. I formated my windows drive when i was satisfied i had double backed up anything i'd need and had my 'from old pc' folder on another drive, and made a clean install of vista home premium. Now the problem with easytransfer starts when it tries to access and copy across files that were in my 'my documents' folder, it comes up with: 'Transfer failed for.... 'file name' ...access is denied' and it gives me the option to 'click continue to skip the file' and move on however the same error message seems to come up with all files from mydocuments and after pressing continue many times (skipping all the files as i go) it crashes. I'm wondering if the fact i chose to encrypt my 'my documents' and all files inside it would have an impact here and cause this problem. if so how can i resolve this as i wasn't warned to decrypt before making the easy transfer '.mig' file thankyou for reading and looking forward to your help (all my music is in there! =p) |
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Windows Easy Transfer - 'Access is denied'
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:47:10 -0800, metalmouse
wrote: Hi I realy hope someone can help me out here, I was using xp pro when i started the easy transfer process onto a seporate hdd in my pc. I formated my windows drive when i was satisfied i had double backed up anything i'd need and had my 'from old pc' folder on another drive, and made a clean install of vista home premium. Now the problem with easytransfer starts when it tries to access and copy across files that were in my 'my documents' folder, it comes up with: 'Transfer failed for.... 'file name' ...access is denied' and it gives me the option to 'click continue to skip the file' and move on however the same error message seems to come up with all files from mydocuments and after pressing continue many times (skipping all the files as i go) it crashes. I'm wondering if the fact i chose to encrypt my 'my documents' and all files inside it would have an impact here and cause this problem. if so how can i resolve this as i wasn't warned to decrypt before making the easy transfer '.mig' file thankyou for reading and looking forward to your help (all my music is in there! =p) The whole point of encryption is to prevent what you're attempting. You need to decrypt BEFORE trying to copy the files, then once they are copied you'll need to encrypt again. This is one of those rare times Windows actually did something right. If you would have managed to copy the files in some encryption state they would be likely be hopelessly messed up if the encryption method employs some cypher or compression based on the file system, assuming yours does and both encrypts and decrypts on the fly. |
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Windows Easy Transfer - 'Access is denied'
I can appreceate the fact that it is keeping my files encrypted, but they are
still My files, and if it needed my old admin name and password to dycript them surly this would be enough to decrypt (since i could have accessed them all this way just by logging on before) And fair enough it's my fault for not decrypting first, but a warning message - amd the option to decrypt there and them would help anyone else going down this road. that asside and acepting my part of the 'blame', does anyone know what i can do now to access the files? "Adam Albright" wrote: On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:47:10 -0800, metalmouse wrote: Hi I realy hope someone can help me out here, I was using xp pro when i started the easy transfer process onto a seporate hdd in my pc. I formated my windows drive when i was satisfied i had double backed up anything i'd need and had my 'from old pc' folder on another drive, and made a clean install of vista home premium. Now the problem with easytransfer starts when it tries to access and copy across files that were in my 'my documents' folder, it comes up with: 'Transfer failed for.... 'file name' ...access is denied' and it gives me the option to 'click continue to skip the file' and move on however the same error message seems to come up with all files from mydocuments and after pressing continue many times (skipping all the files as i go) it crashes. I'm wondering if the fact i chose to encrypt my 'my documents' and all files inside it would have an impact here and cause this problem. if so how can i resolve this as i wasn't warned to decrypt before making the easy transfer '.mig' file thankyou for reading and looking forward to your help (all my music is in there! =p) The whole point of encryption is to prevent what you're attempting. You need to decrypt BEFORE trying to copy the files, then once they are copied you'll need to encrypt again. This is one of those rare times Windows actually did something right. If you would have managed to copy the files in some encryption state they would be likely be hopelessly messed up if the encryption method employs some cypher or compression based on the file system, assuming yours does and both encrypts and decrypts on the fly. |
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Windows Easy Transfer - 'Access is denied'
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:26:00 -0800, metalmouse
wrote: I can appreceate the fact that it is keeping my files encrypted, but they are still My files, and if it needed my old admin name and password to dycript them surly this would be enough to decrypt (since i could have accessed them all this way just by logging on before) Wish I had better news for you, but the reality of file encryption is once you do it ownership is blocked from normal access if you're the owner or not (technically you no longer are) so in short you are no longer the owner if you attempt to access the files or have Windows or some other software try to do some operation on files or folders WITHOUT the password or encryption key. In effect Windows, and correctly so, sees you and everyone else attempting to access the files you encrypted as a intruder and is just doing what you told it to do... protect your files from being accessed. This is VERY different then the simple UAC now part of Vista which simply blocks access. That you can turn off if you have administrative rights. Worse, many encryption schemes also rely on encoding to something enique either you told it, ie, a password or key or if the process is automated like the one build into XP Pro it relies on doing something that is enique to a particular instance of your OS and often noting some time event in additon to knowing you as the owner doing the original encrypting which becomes part of the cypher only the operating system itself knows and hides away. So if you no longer have copies of your encrypted files on the native partiton residing in the computer you originally encrypted them to, or copies of files in a unencrypted state your files are for all practical purposes lost to you. There is no way to unencrypt them. You can't unring a bell. This is true if you attempt a clean install and wipe the OS out, since you also wipe out the scheme only the last instance of the OS knew and used to encrypt the files. Installing even the same OS again results in a slightly different encoding, so even the same password or key becomes useless. This is also true if you attempt to remove the drive the encrypted files are on and put it in a new computer or as you are attempting to move the files in a encrypted state. Again, the encryption process is just doing its job. Many users fine out the hard way doing either of these things even if they know their password if one is required or some key which is useless once you overwrite the operating system with a new instance of itself or attempt to remove the drive and put it in another computer. Attempting to access encrypted files with a different OS only compounds the problem. I agree the instructions regardless what method you used should explain the pitfalls better. At least now you know. :-( And fair enough it's my fault for not decrypting first, but a warning message - amd the option to decrypt there and them would help anyone else going down this road. that asside and acepting my part of the 'blame', does anyone know what i can do now to access the files? "Adam Albright" wrote: On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:47:10 -0800, metalmouse wrote: Hi I realy hope someone can help me out here, I was using xp pro when i started the easy transfer process onto a seporate hdd in my pc. I formated my windows drive when i was satisfied i had double backed up anything i'd need and had my 'from old pc' folder on another drive, and made a clean install of vista home premium. Now the problem with easytransfer starts when it tries to access and copy across files that were in my 'my documents' folder, it comes up with: 'Transfer failed for.... 'file name' ...access is denied' and it gives me the option to 'click continue to skip the file' and move on however the same error message seems to come up with all files from mydocuments and after pressing continue many times (skipping all the files as i go) it crashes. I'm wondering if the fact i chose to encrypt my 'my documents' and all files inside it would have an impact here and cause this problem. if so how can i resolve this as i wasn't warned to decrypt before making the easy transfer '.mig' file thankyou for reading and looking forward to your help (all my music is in there! =p) The whole point of encryption is to prevent what you're attempting. You need to decrypt BEFORE trying to copy the files, then once they are copied you'll need to encrypt again. This is one of those rare times Windows actually did something right. If you would have managed to copy the files in some encryption state they would be likely be hopelessly messed up if the encryption method employs some cypher or compression based on the file system, assuming yours does and both encrypts and decrypts on the fly. |