Problems accessing files on 2nd Hard Drive

[Guest]

I have a new Dell computer. I installed the hard drive from my old Dell
computer as a secondary slave drive. I am unable to access the document and
settings folder on the old drive for a specific user because that user was
password protected on the old computer. How can I gain access to those
files? The old computer is not bootable anymore or I would reinstall the
hard drive back into the old machine to retrieve them. I'm tried creating
that same user on the new machine with the same password on the old machine,
but it still won't access. Any suggestions?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810881

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
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| I have a new Dell computer. I installed the hard drive from my old Dell
| computer as a secondary slave drive. I am unable to access the document and
| settings folder on the old drive for a specific user because that user was
| password protected on the old computer. How can I gain access to those
| files? The old computer is not bootable anymore or I would reinstall the
| hard drive back into the old machine to retrieve them. I'm tried creating
| that same user on the new machine with the same password on the old machine,
| but it still won't access. Any suggestions?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Windows XP Professional File Sharing: http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm