My motherboard died so I installed a new MB and CPU but the new system
wouldn't boot to the old ide HD with xp installed. I then installed a new
hard drive formatted it and installed xp sp2 on it from which my upgraded
system booted fine. However, I cannot access my files that are pass word
protected on the ide drive. No matter what I do the new mb will not boot to
the old HD. My question is: How do I boot to the new drive with xp and then
access password protected files on the secound HD also with xp?
Thanks

Britt wrote:
> My motherboard died so I installed a new MB and CPU but the new system
> wouldn't boot to the old ide HD with xp installed. I then installed a new
> hard drive formatted it and installed xp sp2 on it from which my upgraded
> system booted fine. However, I cannot access my files that are pass word
> protected on the ide drive. No matter what I do the new mb will not boot to
> the old HD. My question is: How do I boot to the new drive with xp and then
> access password protected files on the secound HD also with xp?
> Thanks

Assuming that the files are not encrypted, take ownership.

Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? -
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm

Malke
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"Britt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:B0445E74-DBC9-4737-9986-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My motherboard died so I installed a new MB and CPU but the new system
> wouldn't boot to the old ide HD with xp installed. I then installed a new
> hard drive formatted it and installed xp sp2 on it from which my upgraded
> system booted fine. However, I cannot access my files that are pass word
> protected on the ide drive. No matter what I do the new mb will not boot
> to
> the old HD. My question is: How do I boot to the new drive with xp and
> then
> access password protected files on the secound HD also with xp?
> Thanks
Take ownership of the files as described in Help & Support.

The new installation of XP caused the use of different Security IDs for all
accounts. As a username is merely an alias for an SID, the files do not
belong to your new account.

Jim

Thanks Malke. Your sure this will work if the files are password protected?
If so I will give it a try. Thanks

"Malke" wrote:

> Britt wrote:
> > My motherboard died so I installed a new MB and CPU but the new system
> > wouldn't boot to the old ide HD with xp installed. I then installed a new
> > hard drive formatted it and installed xp sp2 on it from which my upgraded
> > system booted fine. However, I cannot access my files that are pass word
> > protected on the ide drive. No matter what I do the new mb will not boot to
> > the old HD. My question is: How do I boot to the new drive with xp and then
> > access password protected files on the secound HD also with xp?
> > Thanks
>
> Assuming that the files are not encrypted, take ownership.
>
> Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] -
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
> How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? -
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

=?Utf-8?B?QnJpdHQ=?= wrote:
>
> My motherboard died so I installed a new MB and CPU but the new system
> wouldn't boot to the old ide HD with xp installed. I then installed a new
> hard drive formatted it and installed xp sp2 on it from which my upgraded
> system booted fine. However, I cannot access my files that are pass word
> protected on the ide drive. No matter what I do the new mb will not boot to
> the old HD. My question is: How do I boot to the new drive with xp and then
> access password protected files on the secound HD also with xp?

In the future, dont password ANY files or folders.

Unless you are willing to deal with problems in the future.



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Britt wrote:
> Thanks Malke. Your sure this will work if the files are password protected?
> If so I will give it a try. Thanks

No, of course there is no way to be sure. You didn't even say what
program you used to create the files and password-protect them. If they
are MS Office files, I assume that once you get the files into Vista and
open them in whatever Office program you created them that you can
simply enter the password to access the document.

If they are Office files, you should post in the appropriate Office
newsgroup for more specific help with the files.

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups


Malke
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