Access User Folder after Parallel Installation

[Guest]

My Laptop got the blue screen of death doing bootup right after the windows
XP splash screen. I did everything to repair the installation but it didn't
work. i figure i'd do a parallel installation and then backup my data and
reformatt the hard drive and start fresh.

After i performed the Parallel installation, I am not able to access all the
folders or files from the user of the original installation. some folder let
me access but other gave me error that it is not accessible; access denied
error. When I right click on the user folder and choose properties, the
Security tab is missing, that true on all of the folder when I boot into the
parallel installation.

I need to access files from the one of the users' folder, please help.

thanks,
Steve

 

[Malke]

My Laptop got the blue screen of death doing bootup right after the windows
XP splash screen. I did everything to repair the installation but it didn't
work. i figure i'd do a parallel installation and then backup my data and
reformatt the hard drive and start fresh.

After i performed the Parallel installation, I am not able to access all the
folders or files from the user of the original installation. some folder let
me access but other gave me error that it is not accessible; access denied
error. When I right click on the user folder and choose properties, the
Security tab is missing, that true on all of the folder when I boot into the
parallel installation.

I need to access files from the one of the users' folder, please help.

Security Tab

a. The drive must be NTFS
b. For XP Pro, in Folder Options>View uncheck 'Use Simple File Sharing'.
That is the level used in Home, and for some strange reason is on by
default in Pro, too.

How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? -
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm

Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421


Malke