Help - my private profile is on a secondary drive

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The motherboard in my computer died and I purchased a new computer. I
installed the old hard drive as a secondard drive in the new computer only to
find that I cannot access any of my information. My profile was set to
private and I cannot access it. I tried creating the same account on the new
computer with the same password, but I still cannot get in.

Does anyone know how to access any private files on a secondary drive? All
my files, documents and email are stored here. Is there a log file that I
can change or a security setting??? Please help.
Thanks,
D.Welsh
 
welshcomp said:
The motherboard in my computer died and I purchased a new computer. I
installed the old hard drive as a secondard drive in the new computer only to
find that I cannot access any of my information. My profile was set to
private and I cannot access it. I tried creating the same account on the new
computer with the same password, but I still cannot get in.

Does anyone know how to access any private files on a secondary drive? All
my files, documents and email are stored here. Is there a log file that I
can change or a security setting??? Please help.
Thanks,
D.Welsh
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Assuming that you didn't actually encrypt the data, all you need to do
is take ownership.

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

How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? -
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm


Malke
 
Thank you so much for your response. I will try it tonight.

D.Welsh



Malke said:
welshcomp said:
The motherboard in my computer died and I purchased a new computer. I
installed the old hard drive as a secondard drive in the new computer only to
find that I cannot access any of my information. My profile was set to
private and I cannot access it. I tried creating the same account on the new
computer with the same password, but I still cannot get in.

Does anyone know how to access any private files on a secondary drive? All
my files, documents and email are stored here. Is there a log file that I
can change or a security setting??? Please help.
Thanks,
D.Welsh
Click to expand...

Assuming that you didn't actually encrypt the data, all you need to do
is take ownership.

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

How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? -
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm


Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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I tried it - and it worked! Thank you so much! I can't believe it was so
simple. After searching for the entire day, I really appreciate the much
needed assistance.
Thanks!
D.Welsh

Malke said:
welshcomp said:
The motherboard in my computer died and I purchased a new computer. I
installed the old hard drive as a secondard drive in the new computer only to
find that I cannot access any of my information. My profile was set to
private and I cannot access it. I tried creating the same account on the new
computer with the same password, but I still cannot get in.

Does anyone know how to access any private files on a secondary drive? All
my files, documents and email are stored here. Is there a log file that I
can change or a security setting??? Please help.
Thanks,
D.Welsh
Click to expand...

Assuming that you didn't actually encrypt the data, all you need to do
is take ownership.

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

How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? -
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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