Locked out of Drives

I am in big trouble. It all started when OS X started to slow, so I did an archive reinstall. An odd thing happened when I logged back in, my password wouldn't work. No prob. I logged into another Admin account I keep on the system and reset the password. Once in I noticed locks on my 2 external drives, one time machine the other all my family videos. *BOTH are Mac Journalized.* When I Get Info on them the security shows CUSTOM for all users and I can't change this. Trying to access the drives says "You do not have access privileges..." Disk Utility wont let me verify or repair permissions, so I restarted my Mac and now it won't boot, can't eject the CD to put in the OS DVD, the wheel spins then restarts. HELP! (I have a MacBook and can't access the drives there ether."

run the following terminal commands from an admin account (copy and paste please)
sudo chflags 0 /Volumes/*
sudo chmod a+x /Volumes/*
you'll have to enter your admin password (which you won't see) after the first command.

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Any help would be more then welcomed as I did something stupid and need a bit of help to fix it please.
Had an issue today on my Mac Pro (2.8, Quad 5.1). All was running fine until I went to update a piece of 3rd party software (Fetch). After the download I went to drag new version into my apps folder and was told I didn't have permission to instal the app.
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But for some reason, from time to time, I have to authorise the file transfer. Haven't figured out the reason but it's not a huge deal so have left it.
Today was the first time I have had access denied for my home folder when working from same system. Not thinking and while on the phone to someone (this is where I did the stupid part), I opened the info on my boot (startup) drive and decided to add both of my user accounts and change permissions for each in addition to the system, admin and everyone that was already there. This was done while working from it directly and then set options to "apply to enclosed items". Yea, smart I know.
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I then took the step to restore from time machine. Set my restore selection to about 2 hours before I became an idiot. After it was finished I restarted the system hoping that would clear up my mistake but same thing, still locked out of all of my drives aside from boot/startup drive.
All user accounts that I have added to the boot drive are still showing, I have yet to try and remove them... Figured I would ask for help before I messed it up any further. Spoke to apple care and they have advised me to do what I have done so far.
Aside from an erase and instal, what steps should I take from this point? Will removing the added accounts clear up the issue?
Also, any idea as to why I was refused permissions to begin with...?
Thanks in advance and sorry for the book, just wanted to be as clear as possible.

Force iPad into Recovery Mode. Follow step 1 to step 3 very closely.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808

I am locked out of my internal hard drives.

Sorry if I am breaking protocol. This question is for V.K. Ihad been locked out of my internal drives with the exception of my start updrive. All the drives icons had a small lock on them. You had posted how tounlock them.
run the following commands in terminal
sudo chflags 0 /Volumes/*
sudo chmod a+x /Volumes/*
you'll have to enter your admin password (which you won't see)after the first command. that's normal. this should unlock the drives.
I tried it and now I am locked out of all my drives. I nolonger have drive icons, I have folder icons with a red dot with a slashthrough it in the bottom right.
Very scared and very desperate. Please help

Thank you V.K. and ignore the question. When I posted my question, similar asked questions popped up. You had already answered it and it worked. That was the end of a very long and frustrating weekend. Thank you.

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Whether or not you are able to recover the data off the drive yourself will depend on if the drive suffered any impact damage in the crash. You can buy USB SATA or IDE adapters (Intel and almost all G5 use SATA) that will let you connect your hard drive to a computer (like a flash drive) to see if you can recover the data. If the drive has suffered physical damage if may not mount.
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I didn't ask you if you thought you ordered the correct optical drive...
You opened up the machine. You made a change. Now it doesn't work. Reverse what you did and see if it works again. I'm assuming that the machine actually worked before you did this, right?

Replaced hard drive, locked out of Windows, Recovery DVDs freezing?

My fiance has an HP Pavilion G61 laptop. He purchased it through a rental company back in 2010. Last month, the hard drive fritzed out and died on him. We had it replaced through a local computer repair store, as his laptop was no longer under warranty, but when we got the laptop back, Windows was not activated on it. We called them back and asked them to fix the issue, but after a few days, they discovered that the Windows code had been locked out and was unusable. We searched online for similiar instances and he was told to purchase the HP system recovery DVDs and run them, and that when the recovery was done, it would be back to factory settings and Windows would be activated. We received the discs in the mail after buying them from HP, and can get Disc 1 to run fine all the way to completion. Then we get to the "Insert disc 2" screen, and we put the disc in and...nothing. Absolutely nothing. It freezes on this screen every single time and does NOTHING. We're incredibly frustrated and he is talking about trashing the laptop because it's completely useless at this point. Can ANYONE help me out and tell me what is wrong and how to fix it?
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When you first power up the notebook, use the F10 key (tapping rapidly) to enter the bios and run the diagnostics. Post back any messages or errors please.
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Locked out! PLEASE HELP!

Any help would be appreciated greatly! To start, I woke my computer screensaver and it prompted me
with the login screen, as usual. However, when I typed in my password, the login screen shook as if it
were wrong. Thinking I may have typed it wrong, I typedit in again...and again...and again....and again.
Much to my dismay, it was not accepting my password. I hadn't changed it or fiddled with any of the settings
prior to this happening. So, thinking it might be confused, I held down the power button and shut it off. Rebooting it, I was prompted again with the login. This time, it no longer showed my username. Just two blank fields. I typed in my user name, which I know as well, and my password. Still that littled prompt screen shakes in refusal. Now I am not a mac expert and I only know enough to just barely get by if problems come up. Knowing I am ignorant as to how to go about fixing this, I used my sister's computer to look around for answers. I found out I could use the mac OS X installation disk to try and reset the password.
This ended in defeat as well.
I clicked on my hard drive, selected my user in the dropdown and typed in the password (the same one I've always used. (Maybe that's the problem?) Everything seemed fine and I rebooted to see if the installation disk had fixed the problem. I ran into the two blank fields again. Nothing I typed in, all passwords I would ever use and different ways of typing my name, and they still refused the info I typed in.
Booting up on the installation disk again, thinking I could try and change the password again, I was met with another horror: the dropdown said there were no users on my disk to choose from. This is where DiskWarrior comes in. I owe this software everything! I used it and found that my data was fine. I even moved my important files off onto an external hard drive just to be safe. While in there, I could even see that my user was completely intact.
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1. Has anyone had this problem and solved it? If so, how dud you fix it?
2. Apple seems to think it's some form of hard drive failure and suggested an archival restore or something, where the computer would reinstall its os without affecting my personal data. Chillingly, they said if that doesn't work, they recomend EARSING THE HARD DRIVE COMPLETELT. That's the last step I ever wish to take, but do you think the archival restore or whatever it's called will solve it?
3. I did some research on the net, driven to find some way of fixing it at home, and my problem might have something to do with my Keychain. Now not being able to even log in to my computer, is there somehow a wat to access the keychain and alter/fix/erase the login info there?
4. On the matter of the keychain, several people on the internet have suggested a solution on how to change or bypass the keychain by starting up the computer in single user mode and using programming code. I stress again: I am NOT very good with computers. I'm scared to death that I will do something wrong and mess up my entire computer. Even so, would you recommend I do this? Does my ptoblem sound like It has anything to do with the keychain?
Thank you in advance. I really hope someone can help or at least give me a clear path to start on.
Notes:
My computer is 13" Macbook running Tiger version 10.4.1
My computer also had a great fall as I stumbled over my cat and ever since, if I tried to lift the laptop While it is on it would shut off or restart. Other than that, my computer worked just fine. But getting it in to have that checked and fixed was on my to do list, but then this happens. Is there a possible connection?

(My computer us almost four years old. It's a tough little ****, having gone through a lot in my care, and it's out of warrentee, meaning the cost of diagnosis would not be covered by apple.)
Last I heard, there was "No Charge" for a genius appointment at the Apple Store. Repairing it is something else completely, but I believe they will take 15 minutes to do what they can.
Adam

Corrupted/Locked out apple ID "An Unknown Error has occurred" logging into support?

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[email protected] wrote:
I'm reluctant to post apple ID's in a public support forum, and would prefer to deal with this by private email. or phone.
Then contact Apple directly.
This is a user to user technical support forum. No one here has access to manage Apple ID's other than their own.
There is no Apple presence here.

I am locked out of my ipod touch and forgot the password. How can i get into it without restoring it?

I have gotten locked out of my ipod touch and do not know the password, but my computer cannot restore it, so I need to know how to get in without restoring it.

PC WAY
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Heey i bought an iphone 3gs about 2-3 months ago (used) today i blanked off the phone itself and then tried to get the newest update cuz i wasnt able to before so i did and now im locked out and it says sim failure invalid sim i can even get into it :(

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Adam,
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A second drive will allow you to back up files and make a clean installation of your system. Give your computer a clean start and have fun with it. System installs on a Mac are not painful like on PCs. Go online and purchase a new install CD for OS 9.1 or better and try that out.
Enyoy your new toy.
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hi Folks,
I'm trying to register a new datasource in cfadmin but I get
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java.sql.SQLException: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC
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matthisco wrote:
> hi Folks,
>
> I'm trying to register a new datasource in cfadmin but I
get the following
> error, can anyone help?
>
> Thankyou
>
> java.sql.SQLException: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC
Driver][SQLServer]Login
> failed for user 'sa' because the account is currently
locked out. The system
> administrator can unlock it.
> The root cause was that: java.sql.SQLException:
[Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC
> Driver][SQLServer]Login failed for user 'sa' because the
account is currently
> locked out. The system administrator can unlock it.
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