In news:Y7i_e.79$hc.43@newsfe1-win.ntli.net,
Barney <Barney@spam-me-not.com> had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> I have change my friends motherboard and cpu and also fitted a new
> 40Gb hard drive.
> I left his old hard drive in, as 'drive f' so that he could still
> access his old docs, mp3's and photos etc.
> The problem is that he put a tick next to 'Make this folder private'
> on his old systems 'My documents' folder.
> Now he cannot open the My documents folder on his old hard drive, the
> message comes up saying 'Access is denied' and the tick box and 'Make
> this folder private' is greyed out.
> How can he regain access to his files?
> Can anyone please help.
Log on as admin, take ownership.
How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
Galen
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