Gaining accses to folders on old hard drive

[yar]

My operating system failed on an old machine (win 98) I have taken the hard
drive out and copied it to a new machine.

I am trying to access my desktop which has links to all my i tunes info etc,
but the folders will not open " as I do not have permission".

How can I open these folders?.

Thanks

 

[Malke]

My operating system failed on an old machine (win 98) I have taken the
hard drive out and copied it to a new machine.

I am trying to access my desktop which has links to all my i tunes
info etc, but the folders will not open " as I do not have
permission".

How can I open these folders?.

You need to take ownership of the files.

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