Lost access to My Documents on old hard drive

[Mike Sanders]

Hi:

I upgraded my hard drive and reinstalled Windows XP Pro
and hooked up the old drive as a secondary. My ID under
Documents and Settings on the old drive still has a My
Documents folder but gives me an "access denied" message
when I try to open it.

I am on a network and I am authenticated to the domain. I
fairly sure I was always authenticated to the domain on
the old hard drive. Same ID & PW now as before.

Is there a way to pry this open to recover my docs?

Mike

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

This article describes how to take ownership of a file or folder
to which you have been denied access:

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&Product=winxp


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Hi:
|
| I upgraded my hard drive and reinstalled Windows XP Pro
| and hooked up the old drive as a secondary. My ID under
| Documents and Settings on the old drive still has a My
| Documents folder but gives me an "access denied" message
| when I try to open it.
|
| I am on a network and I am authenticated to the domain. I
| fairly sure I was always authenticated to the domain on
| the old hard drive. Same ID & PW now as before.
|
| Is there a way to pry this open to recover my docs?
|
| Mike

 

[Mike Sanders]

Thanks for savin my bacon.

Mike