Cant get info off of old hd with diffent os let me clear up my problem

i had a hd with windows xp home as my only hd. I had
another hd installed with no OS and had my original with
xp home made into a secondary drive. installed xp pro as
my os and now i cant get files some from my original hd.
these files were created under a user name on the
original drive. in xp=pro since i am the only user i do
not sign on under any specific name like i did when i was
using xp home, the name it was saved under s not
passworded. it is telling me i do not have permission.
Most are word files and a search of the drive does not
find them. when i try clicking on the folder on the
secondary drive it tells me i do not have permission.
(drive then documents and setting then the user name, do
i have to make that drive the master and save the files
to cd? or is there a way to acess them? Thanks in
advance to everyone for their help

can you navigate to these folders from "my
computer"/c:drive(or whatever letter it uses)/documents
and settings/<your old user name> If you can, then
rather than trying to open them, copy them directly to
the C: drive. Then log on using your new user name,
navigate to the C: drive and copy the folders again -
this time to your my documents folder. You should now be
the owner of these copies, thus giving you access.

>-----Original Message-----
>i had a hd with windows xp home as my only hd. I had
>another hd installed with no OS and had my original with
>xp home made into a secondary drive. installed xp pro
as
>my os and now i cant get files some from my original
hd.
>these files were created under a user name on the
>original drive. in xp=pro since i am the only user i do
>not sign on under any specific name like i did when i
was
>using xp home, the name it was saved under s not
>passworded. it is telling me i do not have permission.
>Most are word files and a search of the drive does not
>find them. when i try clicking on the folder on the
>secondary drive it tells me i do not have permission.
>(drive then documents and setting then the user name,
do
>i have to make that drive the master and save the files
>to cd? or is there a way to acess them? Thanks in
>advance to everyone for their help
>
>
>.
>

it wont let me copy the folder or open it. it is saying
access is denied
>-----Original Message-----
>can you navigate to these folders from "my
>computer"/c:drive(or whatever letter it uses)/documents
>and settings/<your old user name> If you can, then
>rather than trying to open them, copy them directly to
>the C: drive. Then log on using your new user name,
>navigate to the C: drive and copy the folders again -
>this time to your my documents folder. You should now be
>the owner of these copies, thus giving you access.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>i had a hd with windows xp home as my only hd. I had
>>another hd installed with no OS and had my original
with
>>xp home made into a secondary drive. installed xp pro
>as
>>my os and now i cant get files some from my original
>hd.
>>these files were created under a user name on the
>>original drive. in xp=pro since i am the only user i
do
>>not sign on under any specific name like i did when i
>was
>>using xp home, the name it was saved under s not
>>passworded. it is telling me i do not have
permission.
>>Most are word files and a search of the drive does not
>>find them. when i try clicking on the folder on the
>>secondary drive it tells me i do not have permission.
>>(drive then documents and setting then the user name,
>do
>>i have to make that drive the master and save the files
>>to cd? or is there a way to acess them? Thanks in
>>advance to everyone for their help
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

are you logging on as administrator to give you maximum
permissions, or have you tried creating an account under
xp pro to match that of your old account in xp home (same
username and passsword)?

other than this, i'm not sure at the moment what else you
could do, other than connnect your old HD to be the
primary master, log on as you used to, copy the files to
the root of the new drive (now connected as slave) or
onto a cd etc, then reconnect your old drive to be the
primary master again and see if you then have access.

>-----Original Message-----
>it wont let me copy the folder or open it. it is saying
>access is denied
>>-----Original Message-----
>>can you navigate to these folders from "my
>>computer"/c:drive(or whatever letter it uses)/documents
>>and settings/<your old user name> If you can, then
>>rather than trying to open them, copy them directly to
>>the C: drive. Then log on using your new user name,
>>navigate to the C: drive and copy the folders again -
>>this time to your my documents folder. You should now
be
>>the owner of these copies, thus giving you access.
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>i had a hd with windows xp home as my only hd. I had
>>>another hd installed with no OS and had my original
>with
>>>xp home made into a secondary drive. installed xp pro
>>as
>>>my os and now i cant get files some from my original
>>hd.
>>>these files were created under a user name on the
>>>original drive. in xp=pro since i am the only user i
>do
>>>not sign on under any specific name like i did when i
>>was
>>>using xp home, the name it was saved under s not
>>>passworded. it is telling me i do not have
>permission.
>>>Most are word files and a search of the drive does not
>>>find them. when i try clicking on the folder on the
>>>secondary drive it tells me i do not have permission.
>>>(drive then documents and setting then the user name,
>>do
>>>i have to make that drive the master and save the
files
>>>to cd? or is there a way to acess them? Thanks in
>>>advance to everyone for their help
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

Logged on as administrator navigate to the folder and right clk on it to
properties. click permissions tab, click advanced.
Look for ownership, click the tab....take ownership of the folder and apply
to all sub folders and that should do it.


<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:94e401c3ea30$2e3634a0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> i had a hd with windows xp home as my only hd. I had
> another hd installed with no OS and had my original with
> xp home made into a secondary drive. installed xp pro as
> my os and now i cant get files some from my original hd.
> these files were created under a user name on the
> original drive. in xp=pro since i am the only user i do
> not sign on under any specific name like i did when i was
> using xp home, the name it was saved under s not
> passworded. it is telling me i do not have permission.
> Most are word files and a search of the drive does not
> find them. when i try clicking on the folder on the
> secondary drive it tells me i do not have permission.
> (drive then documents and setting then the user name, do
> i have to make that drive the master and save the files
> to cd? or is there a way to acess them? Thanks in
> advance to everyone for their help
>
>

Try this, logon as admin right click on the file and see
if the security tab shows up, check sharing permissions
and alter as needed, if no joy, try swapping old drive
back to primary, and change the permissions to all users
.. Since the files were created via XP when you boot with
xp it looks for the permissions/security access, even with
different versions of XP.





>-----Original Message-----
>i had a hd with windows xp home as my only hd. I had
>another hd installed with no OS and had my original with
>xp home made into a secondary drive. installed xp pro as
>my os and now i cant get files some from my original hd.
>these files were created under a user name on the
>original drive. in xp=pro since i am the only user i do
>not sign on under any specific name like i did when i was
>using xp home, the name it was saved under s not
>passworded. it is telling me i do not have permission.
>Most are word files and a search of the drive does not
>find them. when i try clicking on the folder on the
>secondary drive it tells me i do not have permission.
>(drive then documents and setting then the user name, do
>i have to make that drive the master and save the files
>to cd? or is there a way to acess them? Thanks in
>advance to everyone for their help
>
>
>.
>