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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"hendrie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:6BCB0757-DCBE-4BB0-8D02-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Here's my dilemma . . .
>
> I originally had Windows XP on two hard drives that were striped together
> (Promise RAID). It worked well for a year or so but then recently it failed.
> Whatever I tried, I could not boot up the system--I think something in the
> startup process became corrupted. The RAID process was still working fine.
>
> So I had a third hard drive installed; I loaded XP on that drive; I added
> the drivers for the RAID and now I can see the other hard drives (they look
> like one hard drive on my screen because their connected together with RAID).
>
> My problem is this: Because I set up my original system with a password the
> only information I can see on the RAID drive is generic information--program
> information and so on. None of my personal information shows up (I'm
> assuming because the security on that system--as originally set up--is hiding
> it). I know it is there because the RAID drives indicated it has about 30
> gigs used (out of 120).
>
> Does anyone have any idea of how I can get to my personal files (photos,
> etc.) on my old RAID drive?
>
> Many thanks--
> hendrie
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