HDD problems after replacng motherboard

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Paul

I recently had cause to change out my motherboard - from
ASUS to Intel. As there were going to be problems in
that I could not afford to clear and reformat my existing
HDD I purchased another and set my original to work as a
slave.

Everything is set up and running nicely, but now I want
to pull over data from my profile on the old drive -
problem is I had set security levels on it that meant
only when accessing through my (then) profile would I be
able to access the data.

When I try and go in now, I simply tells me that access
is denied and I cannot figure out how to get round this
problem.

HELP
 
Hi Paul,

You need to take ownership of them. Right-click the folder, select
properties. Go to the security tab and click advanced. You can take control
of the folders on the owner tab. For the security tab to appear in a WinXP
Pro system, you must disable simple file sharing in the control panel/folder
options/view tab. For a WinXP Home system, you must restart in safe mode and
logon as administrator. More details here:

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

An additional note for WinXP Pro users: This procedure will not help you
recover data if the files are encrypted. All you will be able to do is
delete them. To recover encrypted files you will need the original
encryption certificate or a Recovery Agent from the installation under which
they were encrypted. Without one of these, the files are not recoverable.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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