I can't copy some of my XP files to Vista.

My XP Pro computer died and the new one has Vista Biz on it. I put my
old computer's hard drive in one of those USB cases, hooked it up to
the new one, took ownership of the only folder I want to copy on the
old computer (about 500M) and created a new folder with wide-open
permissions (everybody has full access) on the new computer, and
proceeded to copy my files.

It gets damn near finished when I get
"Destination Folder Acess Denied
You need permission to perform this action."

I don't understand how or why this is happening - it does get through
most of them. MyNewMachine\Administators (of which I'm a member) owns
the XP files, the destination is c:\users\Temp\, where "Everybody" has
full control.

Any ideas?

Same issue - I created a subfolder under "Documents" and tried copying
there, although I did not attempt to change the default permissions.

On Dec 14, 11:18 am, The Colonel <colonelan...@budweiser.com> wrote:
> Same issue - I created a subfolder under "Documents" and tried copying
> there, although I did not attempt to change the default permissions.

It's really strange - I've been copying other files from that drive
with no problem.

Still having this problem - anyone have any ideas? I've Googled with
no success and have played with the permissions with just about every
permutation I could think of. No success. I can get other files off
of my old drive with no problem. I can get pretty far with the folder
I'm attempting to copy, it's just that it will not complete, and the
files won't do me any good if I don't have all of them (my Perforce
depot for those P4V users out there). And there's so many, I can't do
a compare when it's done to see what's missing or with which files
it's having issues with.

I had a si,ilar permision problem with Vista where it didn't let me
uninstall or install any programs even when I was doing it from the Admin
account. I resourced to having to turn off the "User Account Control"
in the scurutry settings. I do get now a red warning shield in the system
tray next to the clock. But It solved my problems.

Yes, I did turn off UAC shortly after I received the new computer -
it's a pain!

Try taking ownership of the files:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
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Andre
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"The Colonel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Still having this problem - anyone have any ideas? I've Googled with
> no success and have played with the permissions with just about every
> permutation I could think of. No success. I can get other files off
> of my old drive with no problem. I can get pretty far with the folder
> I'm attempting to copy, it's just that it will not complete, and the
> files won't do me any good if I don't have all of them (my Perforce
> depot for those P4V users out there). And there's so many, I can't do
> a compare when it's done to see what's missing or with which files
> it's having issues with.

On Dec 31, 2:11*pm, "Andre Da Costa [ActiveWin]" <an...@activewin.com>
wrote:
> Try taking ownership of the files:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
> --
> Andre
> Blog:http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry"The Colonel" <colonelan...@budweiser.com> wrote in message
>


Yup - tried that. MyNewMachine\Administrators (of which I'm a member)
owns the XP files.