Folder Not Accessible to Administrator?!

[Guest]

I have a removable USB hard drive that is normaly connected to my laptop (winxp home). My user profile is on one of the 4 partitions on that drive. Right now my laptop isn't working, and I moved the drive over to my desktop which is running XP Pro, but I can't access the files in that directory. I have spent almost 2 weeks messing around with user, group, and security settings, with NO luck. It doesn't matter if I log in as a user or as the administrator, it always tells me f:\documents and settings\%myusername% is not accessible. Access is denied. What do I have to do to gain access to this directory? (My account name and password are the same for both computers, and I have administrator privelages on both computers.)

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a removable USB hard drive that is normaly connected to my
laptop (winxp home). My user profile is on one of the 4 partitions on
that drive. Right now my laptop isn't working, and I moved the drive
over to my desktop which is running XP Pro, but I can't access the
files in that directory. I have spent almost 2 weeks messing around
with user, group, and security settings, with NO luck. It doesn't
matter if I log in as a user or as the administrator, it always tells
me f:\documents and settings\%myusername% is not accessible. Access
is denied. What do I have to do to gain access to this directory? (My
account name and password are the same for both computers, and I have
administrator privelages on both computers.)

2 Weeks?
In that time, did you ever take ownership?

As long as EFS is not involved:

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

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

 

[Roger Abell]

Note that once you have taken ownership and allowed
new permissions to be set, the storage area will no
longer be suited for use as the profile of the original
account. To make it suited again you would need to
issue while logged in at the original system
cacls "<path>" /t /e /g <account>:F
where <path> is the full path to the root of the storage area
and <account> is the account for which this is the profile

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA

I have a removable USB hard drive that is normaly connected to my laptop

(winxp home). My user profile is on one of the 4 partitions on that drive.
Right now my laptop isn't working, and I moved the drive over to my desktop
which is running XP Pro, but I can't access the files in that directory. I
have spent almost 2 weeks messing around with user, group, and security
settings, with NO luck. It doesn't matter if I log in as a user or as the
administrator, it always tells me f:\documents and settings\%myusername% is
not accessible. Access is denied. What do I have to do to gain access to
this directory? (My account name and password are the same for both
computers, and I have administrator privelages on both computers.)