Accessing 'My Documents' on an old drive

[Grant Dunlop]

Dear All,

I would be most grateful if anyone can suggest a solution for this problem.

I have just had a new hard drive installed on my system (old one faulty) and
have had Windows XP installed on the new drive. I have the old drive setup
as a slave and now wish to access the files on that drive to copy over to
the new drive. The files are located in the 'My Documents' folder and
whenever I try to access the folder an error stating that access is denied.
I know the data is still there as I can access everything else in the
'Documents and Settings' folder and 'Program Files' I just can't to the
required files.

I am guessing that it probably has something to do with the logon used to
create and access the data.

Are there any ways of accessing that folder without having to resort to
pulling it out and changing it back to the primary drive?

Thanks in advance,

Grant

 

[Taurarian]

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

NOTE: You must be logged on to the computer using an account that has administrative
privileges. If you are running Windows XP Home Edition, in order to have access to
the Security tab, you must first start in Safe Mode and log on with an account that
has Administrative rights.

 

[Ricky]

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

In XP Home you have to boot in safe mode to get the security tab.

 

[Grant Dunlop]

Ricky & Taurarian,

Thanks very much for the info and links.

I will give it a try and guess it should work.

Thanks very much.

Grant

 

[Ricky]

You're welcome...hope it helps.

Ricky & Taurarian,

Thanks very much for the info and links.

I will give it a try and guess it should work.

Thanks very much.

Grant