Access Denied?

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I just purchased a new Motherboard, CPU and RAM as my previous CPU cooler failed and as it was old gear it was too hard to find a replacement. Installed the new hardware and XP wouldn't boot which I expected, however I thought I'd be able to repair the previous install, back up my data to a different drive then reformat and start again. This didn't work, nor could I boot from the CD. XP bypassed the BIOS startup sequence (Boot from CD first) and brought up the Start Normal, Previous Known Good etc. menu which was no good to me.

What I've had to do is format an old drive on another machine, put it into my current machine as the primary drive and put my partitioned drive (my previous C: and D: drives) as slave to move all my email, docs and what have you.

So. Fresh install on new hardware, old C: drive is visible. Click on my old profile to access my .psts and docs and I'm told I don't have permission.

Help.

I can't lose all my data simply because XP doesn't like hardware upgrades, there has to be a way around this.

Please, please help.



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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

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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|I just purchased a new Motherboard, CPU and RAM as my previous CPU cooler failed and as it was old gear it
was too hard to find a replacement. Installed the new hardware and XP wouldn't boot which I expected, however
I thought I'd be able to repair the previous install, back up my data to a different drive then reformat and
start again. This didn't work, nor could I boot from the CD. XP bypassed the BIOS startup sequence (Boot from
CD first) and brought up the Start Normal, Previous Known Good etc. menu which was no good to me.
|
| What I've had to do is format an old drive on another machine, put it into my current machine as the primary
drive and put my partitioned drive (my previous C: and D: drives) as slave to move all my email, docs and what
have you.
|
| So. Fresh install on new hardware, old C: drive is visible. Click on my old profile to access my .psts and
docs and I'm told I don't have permission.
|
| Help.
|
| I can't lose all my data simply because XP doesn't like hardware upgrades, there has to be a way around
this.
|
| Please, please help.
|
|
|
| Expand AllCollapse All
 
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