chainsawbrewing
Well-Known Member
i did a reformat on my laptop like about 6 months ago, haven't really used it much, got it out today, it's working just fine, no issues at all. then i remembered, hey, i used to have a bunch of stuff on here before i formatted, so i went to my computer/c/documents and settings/ and found my old loging folder titled "brian". and i tried to open it, and got access denied. well i'm not completely computer illiterate, i remembered that i could log into safe mode, and change the ownership of the folder, and get all my stuff back.
so i reboot the computer, and go into safe mode, and then go to my computer/c/documents and settings/ and right click on my folder, go to change the ownership, (the folder has around 20 or so gig worth of stuff if that matters) and it starts doing it's thing where it's got the little window showing it scanning all the files, and then POOF, pc just shuts down. doesn't reboot or anything, just shuts off.
so i turned it back on, and went back into safe mode, and same thing again. then i turned it back on, went back into safe mode, and it shut itself off before i even got a chance to right click on the folder.
under normal mode, the computer works just fine. doesn't shut itself off, no issues at all. in safe mode only, it just keeps shutting itself off.
weird.
i don't get it.
it's a hp pavillion dv2000 laptop running xp
any ideas? why would it be doing that? is there another way to get to my files?
thanks
brian
so i reboot the computer, and go into safe mode, and then go to my computer/c/documents and settings/ and right click on my folder, go to change the ownership, (the folder has around 20 or so gig worth of stuff if that matters) and it starts doing it's thing where it's got the little window showing it scanning all the files, and then POOF, pc just shuts down. doesn't reboot or anything, just shuts off.
so i turned it back on, and went back into safe mode, and same thing again. then i turned it back on, went back into safe mode, and it shut itself off before i even got a chance to right click on the folder.
under normal mode, the computer works just fine. doesn't shut itself off, no issues at all. in safe mode only, it just keeps shutting itself off.
weird.
i don't get it.
it's a hp pavillion dv2000 laptop running xp
any ideas? why would it be doing that? is there another way to get to my files?
thanks
brian