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Access my documents on old XP disk
Posted by Lee Broders on November 17th, 2005


Hi,

I had a hardware problem with my harddrive that had XP on.
I replaced the hard drive and put the original drive as a second hard drive
but I am now unable to get my data off the 2nd hard drive.
I have set my password as it was before on the old system
Is there a way that I can get my dfata off teh old harddrive
Lee

Posted by Nepatsfan on November 18th, 2005


"Lee Broders" <LeeBroders@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
news:F129879E-6300-4711-9A4E-2A9361EC8675@microsoft.com
> Hi,
>
> I had a hardware problem with my harddrive that had XP on.
> I replaced the hard drive and put the original drive as a
> second hard drive but I am now unable to get my data off the
> 2nd hard drive.
> I have set my password as it was before on the old system
> Is there a way that I can get my dfata off teh old harddrive
> Lee


You need to take ownership of the files. Take a look here for
the procedure:

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

Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you
must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an
account that has Administrative rights to have access to the
Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and
start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed
on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup
Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your
keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter.

Good luck

Nepatsfan



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