Can't access 2nd Harddrive files after switching back 2 XP after V

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I had installed vista onto my 2 hard drive computer. And after installing
Vista, I had to change the permissions for most of my files on my 2nd hard
drive so I could actually access them with Vista.

After noticing how slow vista is, I switched back to XP. Now I cannot access
the files on my 2nd hard drive. Everytime I click one of the folders like
lets say D:\Documents and settings\User\Desktop it says "Not accessible,
Access Denied"

How do I switch the permissions back? Thank You
 
Hello Killr,

Glad you make the rollback soon! I had installed so much software on Vista I
would not be able to go back now.

Login as administrator or a user with admin privilegies.
Open your computer, right-click the drive, select properties, go to
security, advanced. At this point you may be asked to take ownership... If
so, do it.

Go to Owner tab, select yourself (or the admin). CHECK REPLACE OWNER ON
CHILD OBJECTS (my Windows is in spanish so the check may have a different
label).

Click ok.

go there again (richt click, properties, security) and add yourself to the
list... Check you have full control. Answer yes if asked to replace
permission on child objects.

If you are command-line used, try (as administrator):

cacls d:\ /c /g yourusername:f

Luck!
 
Hey Jorge.

I am actually using Windows XP now. I had done that when I was using vista,
but now i can't access the hard drive because it has the vista permissions on
it.

How do I make it so I can access it on XP?

Thanks
 
anyone?!

Jorge Rojas said:
Hello Killr,

Glad you make the rollback soon! I had installed so much software on Vista I
would not be able to go back now.

Login as administrator or a user with admin privilegies.
Open your computer, right-click the drive, select properties, go to
security, advanced. At this point you may be asked to take ownership... If
so, do it.

Go to Owner tab, select yourself (or the admin). CHECK REPLACE OWNER ON
CHILD OBJECTS (my Windows is in spanish so the check may have a different
label).

Click ok.

go there again (richt click, properties, security) and add yourself to the
list... Check you have full control. Answer yes if asked to replace
permission on child objects.

If you are command-line used, try (as administrator):

cacls d:\ /c /g yourusername:f

Luck!
Click to expand...
 
Boot to SafeMode with your Admin password, or use "runas" to launch explorer
with your admin login, then set the permissions on the drive root and all
subfolders.
 
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