Trying to access the files on an external hard drive in XP with Vista... Access denied.

My old laptop with XP died, so I purchased an external drive and installed my old hard drive in it. I now use Vista, but whenever I try to access the files I get a message saying that I don't have permission to access the files. I spent in and changed the settings in files to reflect property, yet I always refused. I have read the discussions and met some people with the same questions, but proposed solutions seem to be more confusing than the problem itself.

These files have been encrypted? If Yes and you did not save your encryption certificate/key, the files are lost forever. If the files are not encrypted (and you can do this natively in XP Home), then appropriate should do the trick. Again, here are the instructions:

1. right click on the file or folder and then click Properties.
2. click on the Security tab.
3. under group or user names, click your name to see the permissions you have.

To open a file, you must have the read permission. For more information about permissions, see what are permissions?

http://tinyurl.com/2j9vgr

To take ownership of a folder:

1 right click on the folder you want to take control and then click Properties.
2. click on the Security tab, click Advanced, and then click the owner tab.
3. click on modify. Need administrator permission if you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
4. click on the name of the person you want to give to the property.
5. If you want this person to be the owner of the files and subfolders in this folder, select the Replace owner of subcontainers and objects to check.
6. click on OK

If after all this you may not always get the files, I just boot the system with a Linux Live CD or Live USB key and copy in Windows there because Linux does not respect ownership/permissions of Windows.

You can create a USB bootable Linux instead of a bootable CD. This site will show you how, and it's very easy -http://www.pendrivelinux.com

http://www.Knoppix.NET

See also - http://lifehacker.com/5504531/the-complete-guide-to-saving-your-windows-system-with-a-thumb-drive
http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/17044/move-files-from-a-failing-PC-with-an-Ubuntu-Live-CD/
https://help.Ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD and for future disaster recovery programs - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Backing_Up

MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

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