Two Drive "C's" one internal and 1 external

[Guest]

Both old and new system Windows XP Pro, NTFS (both were/are password
protected). External drive was boot drive from the computer that had a none
HD crash & burn. I need to copy files from old/external drive to new computer
internal c drive. External is connected thru USB cabl's. The new system see's
old/external as "I" drive, and I was able to copy some folders/data, but know
folder/files from Documents and Settings which are the most important (Word
files and pictures). Can anyone step me thru transfering these files to the
new drive "C", on the new system? Thanks!

 

[philo]

Both old and new system Windows XP Pro, NTFS (both were/are password
protected). External drive was boot drive from the computer that had a none
HD crash & burn. I need to copy files from old/external drive to new computer
internal c drive. External is connected thru USB cabl's. The new system see's
old/external as "I" drive, and I was able to copy some folders/data, but know
folder/files from Documents and Settings which are the most important (Word
files and pictures). Can anyone step me thru transfering these files to the
new drive "C", on the new system? Thanks!

you need to take ownership

it should be in windows help or else google it

 

[Thomas Wendell]

Courtesy of Rick Rogers





Taking Ownership:



Sometimes, in order to get access to a folder, you need to "take ownership"
of it. To do this, you must be using an administrator account, or an account
that has either a higher level of privileges or privileges equal to the
account currently in control of the folder. First, you must be able to
access the security tab of the folder properties. For the security tab to
appear in a WindowsXP Pro system, you must disable simple file sharing in
the control panel/folder options/view tab, it's at the bottom of the
advanced settings. For a WindowsXP Home system, you must restart in safe
mode and logon as administrator.



Right-click the folder, select properties. Go to the security tab and click
advanced. You can take control of the folders on the owner tab by clicking
on your user account, then click apply/ok. Note also that these sorts of
permissions are only available when using the NTFS file system, they are not
supported in FAT or FAT32. More details here:



HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421



An additional note for WindowsXP Pro users: This procedure will not help you
recover data if the files are encrypted. All you will be able to do is
delete them. To recover encrypted files you will need the original
encryption certificate or a Recovery Agent from the installation under which
they were encrypted. Without one of these, the files are not recoverable.






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