Access Denied

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Barney

I have just had to replace my hard drive because the old
one is about to die, according to the manufacturer. But
it hasn't died yet, and the technician who installed the
new one left the old one in the case, connected.

That means I can easily copy files from the old hard
drive to the new one, right? Well . not exactly. There
is one id on the old hard drive that was password
protected and (I think) "private."

I NEED some of the files in that ID, but when I try to
access the folders under Documents and Settings\Private
ID, I get an access denied message.

How can I get around the problem and grab the files I
need?
 
-----Original Message-----
I have just had to replace my hard drive because the old
one is about to die, according to the manufacturer. But
it hasn't died yet, and the technician who installed the
new one left the old one in the case, connected.

That means I can easily copy files from the old hard
drive to the new one, right? Well . not exactly. There
is one id on the old hard drive that was password
protected and (I think) "private."

I NEED some of the files in that ID, but when I try to
access the folders under Documents and Settings\Private
ID, I get an access denied message.

How can I get around the problem and grab the files I
need?
.
barney microsoft has a website with two articles which
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give you the fix

1 how to take ownership of a file or folder xp

2 access denied

website address support.microsoft.com

use the search function
 
Thanks Rich, I'll check them out!

Barney
-----Original Message-----

give you the fix

1 how to take ownership of a file or folder xp

2 access denied

website address support.microsoft.com

use the search function
.
Click to expand...
 
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