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Dano
Hi Group,
Need some help. Let me give you a lay of the land first.
I had a desktop (MSW XP Home SP2) that was getting on 4 years old.
The power supply finally failed and I am left with out a PC until my
new laptop comes (MSW Vista Home). I have begun to use my work laptop
at home (MSW XP Pro; NO Admin access). While I wait for me new laptop
to get here, I went out and bought a HD Enclosure Kit. Got er all set
up, and plugged the old internal desktop HD into my existing work
laptop via USB. Drivers were installed properly and my old home
desktop HD was now visible on my work laptop. I browsed the disk--
Program Files, Windows folders, etc--with no problem. Opened a few
files, etc. However, when I went into X:\Documents and Settings\Me
(where I kept all my docs, etc), I received an Access Denied message.
I read a bit about that here:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...s+denied+internal+hard+drive#bc0a6bb004bbdcf1,
and I am wondering if this applies to me?
Clearly the HD works, but I cannot access my My Documents. I am
unable to log in as an Admin on my only computer for now (the work
laptop w/o Admin rights) and I am wondering if I will be able to
access my old desktop HD once I plug it into my new Windows Vista
laptop? If not, then what are my options.
Thoughts?
Dano
Need some help. Let me give you a lay of the land first.
I had a desktop (MSW XP Home SP2) that was getting on 4 years old.
The power supply finally failed and I am left with out a PC until my
new laptop comes (MSW Vista Home). I have begun to use my work laptop
at home (MSW XP Pro; NO Admin access). While I wait for me new laptop
to get here, I went out and bought a HD Enclosure Kit. Got er all set
up, and plugged the old internal desktop HD into my existing work
laptop via USB. Drivers were installed properly and my old home
desktop HD was now visible on my work laptop. I browsed the disk--
Program Files, Windows folders, etc--with no problem. Opened a few
files, etc. However, when I went into X:\Documents and Settings\Me
(where I kept all my docs, etc), I received an Access Denied message.
I read a bit about that here:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...s+denied+internal+hard+drive#bc0a6bb004bbdcf1,
and I am wondering if this applies to me?
Clearly the HD works, but I cannot access my My Documents. I am
unable to log in as an Admin on my only computer for now (the work
laptop w/o Admin rights) and I am wondering if I will be able to
access my old desktop HD once I plug it into my new Windows Vista
laptop? If not, then what are my options.
Thoughts?
Dano