Access Denied Documents & Settings

[Mark]

I had a power supply problem that caused software damage
to my hard drive. I installed a new hard and loaded XP on
it then used my old hard drive as a slave so I could get
information that was on it off. I now have XP on the new
hard drive and went to get data from my Documents &
steeings folder and access was denioed. My old os had a
password on my account. I am now not sure how to get my
old data from this hard drive. I wish it was bootable then
I could just log in then swap data. Hmm. Can anyone
suggest a way to get my old data from my docs?

Thanks in Advance,
Mark

 

[JW]

Have you tried
Take Ownership ?

For how-to information
launch Help and Support and type
Take Ownership
in the Search box.

I had a power supply problem that caused software damage
to my hard drive. I installed a new hard and loaded XP on
it then used my old hard drive as a slave so I could get
information that was on it off. I now have XP on the new
hard drive and went to get data from my Documents &
steeings folder and access was denioed. My old os had a
password on my account. I am now not sure how to get my
old data from this hard drive. I wish it was bootable then
I could just log in then swap data. Hmm. Can anyone
suggest a way to get my old data from my docs?

Thanks in Advance,
Mark

 

[Sharon F]

I had a power supply problem that caused software damage
to my hard drive. I installed a new hard and loaded XP on
it then used my old hard drive as a slave so I could get
information that was on it off. I now have XP on the new
hard drive and went to get data from my Documents &
steeings folder and access was denioed. My old os had a
password on my account. I am now not sure how to get my
old data from this hard drive. I wish it was bootable then
I could just log in then swap data. Hmm. Can anyone
suggest a way to get my old data from my docs?

Thanks in Advance,
Mark

As long as the files were not encrypted, you can regain access to them by
taking ownership.

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=308421