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Shaping files from and xp drive

Posted: 07-28-2008, 08:13 PM
Greg
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I had an XP laptop die on me I had 2 different user profiles setup with
passwords, I was the administrator, I have replaced it and removed the drive,
placing it in a USB portable housing. I can locate the drive and view that
the firles and folders are ther but when I try and move them or open them I
receive a messege that says I don't currently have permission to access the
folder, I have followed thru all the prompts and still can't seem to access
my folders. Any one else have this problem or have any advice? I suspect if
I can remove that password protection form the old files that may be one way
to solve it?
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Steve Winograd
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Re: Shaping files from and xp drive
Posted: 07-28-2008, 08:30 PM
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:13:36 -0700, Greg
<Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I had an XP laptop die on me I had 2 different user profiles setup with
>passwords, I was the administrator, I have replaced it and removed the drive,
>placing it in a USB portable housing. I can locate the drive and view that
>the firles and folders are ther but when I try and move them or open them I
>receive a messege that says I don't currently have permission to access the
>folder, I have followed thru all the prompts and still can't seem to access
>my folders. Any one else have this problem or have any advice? I suspect if
>I can remove that password protection form the old files that may be one way
>to solve it?
Windows XP doesn't have passwords for files. This is a permissions
problem, and this Microsoft Knowledge Base article has the solution:

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kB/308421
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