Accessing a second hard drive.

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I reciently purchased a new computer and hard drive. After I got it running, I tried to hook up my old hard drive to use it as a back-up/storage drive. Windows sees the drive and can even access certain files. But when I try to open up some of the higher level files, it give me an "Access is Denied" message, no matter what process I use. I didn't have a password on my old system, and it was XP Home, the same as I am using now. What could I do to get to these files? Or do I just have to take them as a loss and format my old hard drive away?
 
Hi goldtouch_007,

Follow the instructions in this MSKB article for taking ownership of
files/folders:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=308421


Regards,

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Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

goldtouch_007 said:
I reciently purchased a new computer and hard drive. After I got it
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running, I tried to hook up my old hard drive to use it as a back-up/storage
drive. Windows sees the drive and can even access certain files. But when
I try to open up some of the higher level files, it give me an "Access is
Denied" message, no matter what process I use. I didn't have a password on
my old system, and it was XP Home, the same as I am using now. What could I
do to get to these files? Or do I just have to take them as a loss and
format my old hard drive away?
 
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