File Access

[mladner]

I installed a SATA drive into my computer. I have the other drive as a
second drive. It is an IDE drive. I have the WinXP Home operating system
on both drives. The IDE drive is partition into two. When I boot with the
SATA drive, it can not access the programs on the IDE drive. How can I fix
this problem? Also, how can I delete the operating files on the IDE drive?

Thank you;
David

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I installed a SATA drive into my computer. I have the other drive
as a second drive. It is an IDE drive. I have the WinXP Home
operating system on both drives. The IDE drive is partition into
two. When I boot with the SATA drive, it can not access the
programs on the IDE drive. How can I fix this problem? Also, how
can I delete the operating files on the IDE drive?

You have to install any applications you want to use. You installed the OS
on a new drive - you did not install any applications (yet) I assume. Until
you do, all the entires and shortcuts and such do not exists on your new
install in any easily accessible fashion.

Now if you just mean you cannot access the old files due to some "cryptic
message" like "Access Denied"...

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

How to disable simplified sharing & set permissions
on a shared folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874