recovering data from 'access denied' folder in slave hdd

If you can see the files, perhaps this will help
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP


"wbouzy" <wbouzy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hi there, i've gone through 'repair' by booting xp cd, i've tried 'fixmbr' and

'fixboot' since the hdd which i'm trying to recover data from use to bot with
grub given i had a linux hdd as master before. that hdd is now damaged, so i
cannot boot from the hd i need the data from. i've tried copying partitions with
a maxtor intsalation disc since both hdds are maxtor, but this only damaged the
new hard drive i was using to try to recover the data with, leading me to
reinstalling xp on the new hdd. my problem is that i need to recover some data
from a slave hdd which will not boot under any circumstances. i am able to view
some files from booting to the master hdd(new hdd), but some files are 'access
denied'. are there any other utilities or tweaks i could use to fix this
problem? i need to recover about 20gb of data. thank you for any pointers or
sugestions.