Old hard drive in a new system as slave

[Guest]

I recently built a newer comp. and took my old master hard drive and turned
it into a slave on the newer comp.. After doing so I could access all other
users from previous xp pro version that were not password protected but could
not access my own which was password protected, receiving a access denied to
my request has left me not being able to access tons of pictures and docs
that I would like to be able to view. Anyone out there know how to get me
through my dillema.

 

[Pop`]

I recently built a newer comp. and took my old master hard drive and
turned it into a slave on the newer comp.. After doing so I could
access all other users from previous xp pro version that were not
password protected but could not access my own which was password
protected, receiving a access denied to my request has left me not
being able to access tons of pictures and docs that I would like to
be able to view. Anyone out there know how to get me through my
dillema.

Uhhh, enter your password?

 

[Guest]

That is not an option that I am able to do. I can only access this drive
through windows explorer or f:\ drive option that gives me the users of the
old hard drive. When I click on my name it only ays access denied, not enter
password here. Ya know what I am saying?

 

[WTC]

I recently built a newer comp. and took my old master hard drive
and turned it into a slave on the newer comp.. After doing so I
could access all other users from previous xp pro version that were
not password protected but could not access my own which was
password protected, receiving a access denied to my request has
left me not being able to access tons of pictures and docs that I
would like to be able to view. Anyone out there know how to get
me through my dillema.

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I recently built a newer comp. and took my old master hard drive and turned
it into a slave on the newer comp.. After doing so I could access all other
users from previous xp pro version that were not password protected but could
not access my own which was password protected, receiving a access denied to
my request has left me not being able to access tons of pictures and docs
that I would like to be able to view. Anyone out there know how to get me
through my dillema.

If you hadn't encrypted the data files (which could not have been
done with WinXP Home), 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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[Patrick Keenan]

I recently built a newer comp. and took my old master hard drive and turned
it into a slave on the newer comp.. After doing so I could access all
other
users from previous xp pro version that were not password protected but
could
not access my own which was password protected, receiving a access denied
to
my request has left me not being able to access tons of pictures and docs
that I would like to be able to view. Anyone out there know how to get me
through my dillema.

If you password protected your data, you did one or two of two things.

First, you marked the folder as private. This is easy to overcome; you
simply take ownership of the folders. Note that the process is different
in XP Home and Pro - in Home, you can only do it in Safe Mode.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

Second, you may have encrypted the data. This is also easy to overcome
*if* you exported the account credentials (just import the credentials) *or*
if you can re-mount that drive in the old system and restart it and log in
(from there, just remove the encryption, or copy the data to a non-encrypted
folder, or export the credentials). If you encrypted the data and cannot
do either of those things, consider it permanently gone.

HTH
-pk