Owner access permission

I have a laptop i am trying to transfer the documents and settings off the
harddrive do my desktop by means of an external drive. (the laptop has a
problem with the display, not sure if its a hardware or software problem yet.

When i connect the drive to the desktop i have access to the created user
accounts, but the Owner account it says i do not have permission to access
the files. How can i get to these files through my desktop to recover them
so i can restore the laptop drive after i put it back in

compbrownthumb wrote:
> I have a laptop i am trying to transfer the documents and settings off the
> harddrive do my desktop by means of an external drive. (the laptop has a
> problem with the display, not sure if its a hardware or software problem yet.
>
> When i connect the drive to the desktop i have access to the created user
> accounts, but the Owner account it says i do not have permission to access
> the files. How can i get to these files through my desktop to recover them
> so i can restore the laptop drive after i put it back in

This may help:-

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...;308421&sd=tech