Re: Switched OS and Hard disk and lost access to old files
From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com)
Date: 11/02/02
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From: "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 21:40:53 +0100
"Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" wrote:
> If the problem is just the permissions on the file, log in with
> administrator privileges and right-click the folder, properties, security,
> Owner to take ownership of the files and all subdirectories. Then, click
> OK, OK, and go back in to grant yourself permissions.
The OP wrote "all of my files are marked private on the XP drive", this beeing a
NTFS rights feature, so yes, taking ownership should fix this.
> If the problem is that you used EFS encryption, you may be out of luck,
> unless you have a floppy disk that has a backup of your encryption keys. I
> think XP makes this floppy for you when you install it, but I'm not sure you
> can use this floppy if you aren't running XP any more.
XP does not make this floppy for you when you start using EFS (but it would have
been nice if it did ;-)
-- torgeir Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI Porsgrunn Norway
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