Password protected folder

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Rocky

I have had to replace my motherboard and I have bought a new hard drive and
have made my old drive the slave.
My documents folder on the slave drive is password protected. I know the
password but how can I input the password to move the folder to my new hard
drive?
Thanks
 
Rocky said:
I have had to replace my motherboard and I have bought a new hard
drive and have made my old drive the slave.
My documents folder on the slave drive is password protected. I
know the password but how can I input the password to move the
folder to my new hard drive?
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Incorrect - your documents are *not* password protected on the old drive
(unless you actually encrypted them or put them in a password prtected
compressed file of some sort - which is doubtful from your description.)

Your documents are protected by file and folder permissions. Your new
install does not have *rights* to the old stuff...

No worries - easily fixed.

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

Read *carefully* - do not just skim the page and start following steps.
There is important information there dependent on the version of Windows XP
 
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