My hard drive failed and I managed to get it going
but "Document and settings" will not allow me to access it
any more as I set up security of my directory.
How can I access it now ???

Thanks

>-----Original Message-----
>My hard drive failed and I managed to get it going
>but "Document and settings" will not allow me to access
it
>any more as I set up security of my directory.
>How can I access it now ???
>
>Thanks
>.
>I have a similar problem. I have just rebuilt my PC and
now have two hdd with the o/s on the new drive. I set a
password on some folders on the old hdd and now I can't
access them (I get "Access Denied"). I can't boot from
the old drive because I have a completely new hardware
setup and Windows just cycles because it can't handle the
changes. I know the old password, I just need to be able
to enter it in so I can copy my files across. Surely
this is not an uncommon problem??

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

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


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"Ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:2f08f01c46cd7$b178f800$(E-Mail Removed)...
> My hard drive failed and I managed to get it going
> but "Document and settings" will not allow me to access it
> any more as I set up security of my directory.
> How can I access it now ???
>
> Thanks

thanks, that worked a treat!!

>-----Original Message-----
>See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"
>
>HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
>
>
>--
>Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered
Smart Display
>Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>http://www.dougknox.com
>--------------------------------
>Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
>http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
>--------------------------------
>Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>
>"Ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:2f08f01c46cd7$b178f800$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> My hard drive failed and I managed to get it going
>> but "Document and settings" will not allow me to
access it
>> any more as I set up security of my directory.
>> How can I access it now ???
>>
>> Thanks
>.
>