Opening an orphaned Private Folder ???

[Guest]

I lost my MBRecord plus some and reinstalled XP to a new drive, now am
recovering data from the damaged drive. I cannot open folders set as
"Private" Under Folder properties --> Sharing on the old drive.. Since the
old windows installation on that drive is lost, I don't know how to reset
permissions for these folders. Can anyone help???

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I lost my MBRecord plus some and reinstalled XP to a new drive, now am
recovering data from the damaged drive. I cannot open folders set as
"Private" Under Folder properties --> Sharing on the old drive.. Since
the
old windows installation on that drive is lost, I don't know how to reset
permissions for these folders. Can anyone help???

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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[Guest]

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?

Thank you for the help, I followed the KB link and brought back those files
with little difficulty.

Pen Mitchell
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Thank you for the help, I followed the KB link and brought back those
files
with little difficulty.

Pen Mitchell
(e-mail address removed)

You're welcome.

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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell