No My Documents Whn Moving Hard Drive

[Watchman]

My old PC crashed and I bought a new one. I moved the old hard drive into
the new one. Both have XP installed. Trying to get my old files from My
Documents. When I do a search, I can find the files but cannot see the
folder in the old drive under, F:\Documents and Settings\All Users\USER\My
Documents.

Help!

 

[neil]

Go into "Help & Support" from the start button and type "take ownership"
search and see if that helps.

Neil

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

What happens when you access the Documents folder in the old hard drive? If you receive "Access Denied" error, Take Ownership of that folder, and then copy the files:

See: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

My old PC crashed and I bought a new one. I moved the old hard drive into
the new one. Both have XP installed. Trying to get my old files from My
Documents. When I do a search, I can find the files but cannot see the
folder in the old drive under, F:\Documents and Settings\All Users\USER\My
Documents.

Help!

 

[Watchman]

I couldn'd even see the folders. But the Take Ownership process worked
anyway.

Thanks all!

What happens when you access the Documents folder in the old hard drive? If
you receive "Access Denied" error, Take Ownership of that folder, and then
copy the files:

See: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

My old PC crashed and I bought a new one. I moved the old hard drive into
the new one. Both have XP installed. Trying to get my old files from My
Documents. When I do a search, I can find the files but cannot see the
folder in the old drive under, F:\Documents and Settings\All Users\USER\My
Documents.

Help!