New motherboard problems

[Hammer]

My motherboard and soundcard went in a recent electrical storm. I had a new
motherboard (with on board sound) installed and also a new 120GB hard drive
installed. I have an existing 160GB hard drive which has XP and all my
files on it.

I reinstalled XP on the new 120GB hard drive (which is drive F and all my
old files are still on 160GB C:. I want the new drive to be the OS and
application drive.

When i boot, it boots from the new xp install on F: no problems.

I can't access the old files under My Documents on C: as it says access
denied - they were under my account on that drive. Any ideas how to get
these files
(without mucking around inside the physical box). If i delete everything on
the drive except for the directory i am after will it forget about security?

Also, is there anyway to make C: -> F: and F: -> C:. I prefer to have my
main hard drive as C: and it seems so does most software.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

You have to be logged in with administrator rights to access other users
MyDocuments.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

My motherboard and soundcard went in a recent electrical storm. I had a new
motherboard (with on board sound) installed and also a new 120GB hard drive
installed. I have an existing 160GB hard drive which has XP and all my
files on it.

I reinstalled XP on the new 120GB hard drive (which is drive F and all my
old files are still on 160GB C:. I want the new drive to be the OS and
application drive.

When i boot, it boots from the new xp install on F: no problems.

I can't access the old files under My Documents on C: as it says access
denied - they were under my account on that drive. Any ideas how to get
these files
(without mucking around inside the physical box). If i delete everything on
the drive except for the directory i am after will it forget about security?

The username that you use to login is simply a convenience for us
carbon-based life forms. It's meaningless to the OS. The operating
system uses the SID (security identifier) to identify users and control
their permissions. Each SID is unique, regardless of the username
attached to it. As far as the OS is concerned, you're most definitely
_not_ the same person who created those data files; ergo, you shouldn't
blindly be granted access to them. You'll need to re-create your
privileges to the files by taking "ownership" of them.

HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308421

Also, is there anyway to make C: -> F: and F: -> C:. I prefer to have my
main hard drive as C: and it seems so does most software.

Not without reinstalling the OS.


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[Hammer]

The username that you use to login is simply a convenience for us
carbon-based life forms. It's meaningless to the OS. The operating
system uses the SID (security identifier) to identify users and control
their permissions. Each SID is unique, regardless of the username
attached to it. As far as the OS is concerned, you're most definitely
_not_ the same person who created those data files; ergo, you shouldn't
blindly be granted access to them. You'll need to re-create your
privileges to the files by taking "ownership" of them.

HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308421





Not without reinstalling the OS.


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Thanks Bruce. Worked a treat. I also fixed the other problem by
reinstalling xp.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Thanks Bruce. Worked a treat. I also fixed the other problem by
reinstalling xp.

You're welcome.


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