definitelydan Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 i have just brought over one of my old hdds from my old cpu which was formerly installed with windows xp professional. now upon attempting to access folders in one of the user accounts, i get the error which says "Access is Denied". i tried booting from the old hdd but the computer just keeps restarting itself. are there any solutions to this problem such as programs to access such folders? or is reformatting the only solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catharsis Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 i have just brought over one of my old hdds from my old cpu which was formerly installed with windows xp professional. now upon attempting to access folders in one of the user accounts, i get the error which says "Access is Denied". i tried booting from the old hdd but the computer just keeps restarting itself. are there any solutions to this problem such as programs to access such folders? or is reformatting the only solution? Would I be correct in assuming that you slaved the old HDD to your current system, in order to access the old files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy2004 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 you need to take ownership of those folders to be able to access them again :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosh Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 you could simply right click the files or folders you want to access, and take the ownership. (go to security, advanced, owner, and make yourself the owner of the folder/file) thats it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Unless they're encrypted, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaZsPaZ Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Have you tried to take ownership of the folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
definitelydan Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 Would I be correct in assuming that you slaved the old HDD to your current system, in order to access the old files? yes i slaved it so that i can access the files. how do i take ownership of the folder? where is this 'security' you mentioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaffra Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 ^if the drive is in ntfs then when you right click the folder , select properties and the security tab should be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
definitelydan Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 the "security" tab isnt there. there's only an 'advanced' tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaZsPaZ Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 yes i slaved it so that i can access the files. how do i take ownership of the folder? where is this 'security' you mentioned? If you right click on the folder, then left click on properties and select the "Security" tab you will have the right to take ownership of the folder. This is provided that you are logged on to the system as an Administrator and that the drive is slaved. If you have booted to the drive (as I think you previously mentioned you tried) you would need the Admin privilage still to do this. Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
definitelydan Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 the thing is, i am indeed logged in as the administrator and the drive is slaved but i am unable to obtain ownership of the folder @_@. please help me if im doing anything wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hottoast Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 hey, thanks for the "take ownership" idea, never thought of that. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Turn off Simple file sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
definitelydan Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 Turn off Simple file sharing. how do i do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
definitelydan Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 ok nevermind, i fixed it. i just had to reboot in safe mode and the 'security' tab would appear for me. thanks anyway guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted January 26, 2006 Veteran Share Posted January 26, 2006 you can disable simple file sharing from folder options > view another option for recovering the fileswould be to boot with a linux live CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 how do i do that? Google would have helped, but safe mode works also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WastedJoker Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 -Log in as Administrator or Admin-equivalent account -Start | Control Panel | Folder Options | View | Untick "Use Simple file Sharing". -Go to locked folder. -Right click | Properties -Go to Security tab -Highlight your account (Administrator or Chris, in my case) -Tick Full Control -Go to "Advanced" -Tick "Inherit from parent etc" and select "Apply". That should do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaZsPaZ Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 :blink: *banging head on wall* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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