laptop hard drive

[mark.facto]

Hi,

Recently my laptop died on me(RIP).
Luckily I managed to salvage my hard disk.
I just bought some sort off cover to put my laptop hard disk inside and
connect it through USB.
It connects fine with my desktop and I can access most of the folders.
But when I try and access my own documents(Admin folders) I cant get
access.

Can someone give me some tips as how to access the files in there as I
have some pictures and videos in there that are very important to me.

Many thanks,

mark

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi,

Recently my laptop died on me(RIP).
Luckily I managed to salvage my hard disk.
I just bought some sort off cover to put my laptop hard disk inside and
connect it through USB.
It connects fine with my desktop and I can access most of the folders.
But when I try and access my own documents(Admin folders) I cant get
access.

Can someone give me some tips as how to access the files in there as I
have some pictures and videos in there that are very important to me.

Many thanks,

mark

If you hadn't encrypted the data files (and marking a folder
private is something completely different from encryption), you may be
facing nothing more than a simple permissions issue. Have you tried
taking ownership of the old folders?

HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308421


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[Mr C]

If Windows XP do this paragraph first else continue onto the 2nd
paragraph...
First open an Explorer Window and click Tools, Folder Options. Click
the View tab and scroll to the bottom of the list. Make sure the option
'Use simple file sharing' is NOT ticked. OK it.

Browse to the folder of your own profile, right click the folder and
select Properties. Click the Security tab and then the Advanced button
in the bottom frame. Click the Owner tab, select your account from the
bottom listbox and tick the 'Replace owner on subcontainers and
objects' box. Click Apply, let it do it's thing, OK it and then see if
you can access the folders. If you can't access then, just go back to
the Security tab and make sure your account is listed with (at the very
least) Read access.

Good luck.

Mr C.

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