I'm having a serious lock-up issue with my primary hard drive on my
desktop. Right now, I have it slaved to another XP machine to try and
save data I must have in case I can't fix it. However, all the data I
have for myself is locked away from other users' eyes because I log
in
as the admin on my own desktop.

Is there any work around for the file lock so I can save my stuff?

"Supallcomm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm having a serious lock-up issue with my primary hard drive on my
> desktop. Right now, I have it slaved to another XP machine to try and
> save data I must have in case I can't fix it. However, all the data I
> have for myself is locked away from other users' eyes because I log
> in
> as the admin on my own desktop.
>
> Is there any work around for the file lock so I can save my stuff?
>


Look up "Taking Ownership of files and Folders" in Help and Support....

"Supallcomm"
wrote> I'm having a serious lock-up issue with my primary hard drive on my
> desktop. Right now, I have it slaved to another XP machine to try and
> save data I must have in case I can't fix it. However, all the data I
> have for myself is locked away from other users' eyes because I log
> in
> as the admin on my own desktop.
>
> Is there any work around for the file lock so I can save my stuff?

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

Can't you otherwise recover the data from a current backup? Always have a
full and complete backup.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]