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    Windows Denies me access to my folders

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by phiorala, Jun 27, 2008.

  1. phiorala

    phiorala Notebook Consultant

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    Hey everyone,

    I'm not sure if this thread belongs here, but I have an issue with the laptop hard drive that I removed from my laptop when the fan died. I had set a Windows password earlier on my laptop, and when I put this hard drive into an enclosure and tried to access it from another system running windows, and I can get to everything but I cannot get to my documents inside the "Documents and Settings" folder. The error message displays simply that "Access is denied". What could I do to get around this?

    Thanks,
     
    phiorala, Jun 27, 2008
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You need to take ownership of the files. XP or Vista?
     
    Greg, Jun 27, 2008
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  3. phiorala

    phiorala Notebook Consultant

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    The laptop's system was Windows XP, and I'm trying to access it in Windows XP as well.
     
    phiorala, Jun 27, 2008
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    ChevyNovaLN, Jun 27, 2008
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  5. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    just explained here....it is for xp though....
     
    Andy, Jun 27, 2008
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  6. phiorala

    phiorala Notebook Consultant

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    That's wonderfully helpful. Thank you very much!
     
    phiorala, Jun 27, 2008
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    Was your problem solved?
     
    THAANSA3, Jun 27, 2008
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  8. phiorala

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    Yes, I can now access my files.
     
    phiorala, Jun 27, 2008
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