Accessing User Account Folders

[Guest]

I'm having quite some trouble trying to work a second hard drive into my
computer.
I am currently using a computer that is running WinXP, and I have an
additional hard drive from a previous computer that also has WinXP on it as
well as very important files.
I installed the second hard drive as the slave, went through the master to
access my personal files and it told me access was denied. I pulled the
secondary hard drive and made it the master. I booted WinXP through that and
removed my user account password. I reloaded the original hard drive as the
master and again tried to access my personal files, again it told me access
was denied.
I was told to create a similar user account on the master hard drive and see
if that would give me access. Instead, it has completely blocked me from
accessing my old hard drive at all. It refuses my password at the Windows
sign on. I deleted the second account I made off the master, but it didn't
change a thing.

Does anyone know what I should do?

 

[Guest]

I'm having quite some trouble trying to work a second hard drive into my
computer.
I am currently using a computer that is running WinXP, and I have an
additional hard drive from a previous computer that also has WinXP on it as
well as very important files.
I installed the second hard drive as the slave, went through the master to
access my personal files and it told me access was denied. I pulled the
secondary hard drive and made it the master. I booted WinXP through that and
removed my user account password. I reloaded the original hard drive as the
master and again tried to access my personal files, again it told me access
was denied.
I was told to create a similar user account on the master hard drive and see
if that would give me access. Instead, it has completely blocked me from
accessing my old hard drive at all. It refuses my password at the Windows
sign on. I deleted the second account I made off the master, but it didn't
change a thing.

Does anyone know what I should do?

Hi Sounds like some sort of file protection in place which is stopping
you from taking files off the hdd if its operating system hasnt been
started, have you just tried to burn the file to cd then copy over?

Flamer.

 

[Malke]

I'm having quite some trouble trying to work a second hard drive into my
computer.
I am currently using a computer that is running WinXP, and I have an
additional hard drive from a previous computer that also has WinXP on it
as well as very important files.
I installed the second hard drive as the slave, went through the master to
access my personal files and it told me access was denied. I pulled the
secondary hard drive and made it the master. I booted WinXP through that
and removed my user account password. I reloaded the original hard drive
as the master and again tried to access my personal files, again it told
me access was denied.
I was told to create a similar user account on the master hard drive and
see if that would give me access. Instead, it has completely blocked me
from accessing my old hard drive at all. It refuses my password at the
Windows sign on. I deleted the second account I made off the master, but
it didn't change a thing.

Does anyone know what I should do?

You're going through far more than you need to. All you need to do is take
ownership of the files (with the hard drive in the slave position where you
want it).

Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? -
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm

Malke

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

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

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the reply and the info, that will definitely help once I get on
my hard drive. Unfortunately I can't get to that step yet because as I said,
Windows will no longer accept my administrative password on the old drive. It
tells me it's incorrect, which isn't true. Is there some way to override this?

You're going through far more than you need to. All you need to do is take

ownership of the files (with the hard drive in the slave position where you
want it).

Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? -
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

 

[Malke]

Thank you for the reply and the info, that will definitely help once I get
on my hard drive. Unfortunately I can't get to that step yet because as I
said, Windows will no longer accept my administrative password on the old
drive. It tells me it's incorrect, which isn't true. Is there some way to
override this?

Again, you are misunderstanding the procedure. You do not need to boot into
the old hard drive. Connect the old hard drive as slave, boot into your
working Windows installation. Then follow the instructions in the links I
gave you to take ownership of the files on the old (slave) drive.

Malke

 

[Guest]

Ahh, okay, I'm sorry I was misunderstanding. I will try what you suggested
and let you know if it works. Thanks again for your help.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Malke, everything is in working order now. I appreciate your help

 

[Malke]

Thanks Malke, everything is in working order now. I appreciate your help

Glad to hear it, Cloey. Thanks for taking the time to let me know.

Malke