- Can't access old files
- Posted by david_a250 on September 27th, 2005
My HD has a problem which was stopping XP from starting. I've installed
a 2nd copy of XP Home to try and recover my datafiles but when I try and
access the old My Documents folder, I get an access denied error.
Is there any way around this?
David
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david_a250
- Posted by Malke on September 28th, 2005
david_a250 wrote:
>
> My HD has a problem which was stopping XP from starting. I've
> installed a 2nd copy of XP Home to try and recover my datafiles but
> when I try and access the old My Documents folder, I get an access
> denied error.
>
> Is there any way around this?
Take ownership of the files:
Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
Malke
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- Posted by Galen on September 28th, 2005
In news:david_a250.1w1jps@pcbanter.net,
david_a250 <david_a250.1w1jps@pcbanter.net> had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> My HD has a problem which was stopping XP from starting. I've
> installed a 2nd copy of XP Home to try and recover my datafiles but
> when I try and access the old My Documents folder, I get an access
> denied error.
>
> Is there any way around this?
>
> David
Take ownership of them...
How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
Galen
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