Re: Help accessing old file.

From: Gary Boyce (boycefamily@shaw.ca)
Date: 10/20/02 

From: "Gary Boyce" <boycefamily@shaw.ca>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 11:46:56 -0700

Sharon,
Your suggestion about changing ownership worked! Thanks
so much! I never would have figured it out. I was about
to hook my old drive back up as master, copy the files,
go back to my new configration....etc.
You saved me a ton of time.
Thx again.
Gary
>-----Original Message-----
>Gary B. wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I recently added a new hard drive and slaved my old
one.
>> I kept my My Documents folder on the old disk as there
is
>> a lot of info I need to access on it.
>> However when I go to the old drive, I can see the
folder
>> but I'm getting an "Access is Denied" error.
>> Prior to adding this new drive I had password protected
>> this folder against other users of this computer so I
>> suspect it has something to do with that but the
Sharing
>> option is greyed out.
>> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
>> Thx
>> Gary
>
>Gary, hard to tell from the information you've given if
you just made the
>folders private or if you encrypted them.
>
>If you made them private, look up "ownership" in the
Help and Support file.
>Basically, XP protects files for the "original owner."
Using the XP
>interface, you will grant yourself permissions to access
the files. The
>exact steps needed to do accomplish this change vary
from XP Pro to XP Home.
>You also mentioned a password, if the files were zipped
and passworded - you
>should be able to get to them once the ownership issue
is resolved.
>
>If you encrypted the files -- that's a different deal.
There are keys that
>are needed to unlock the files. Those security keys
would have been stored
>in the original XP setup and they should have been
exported to a floppy for
>accessing the files under other conditions. If you still
have the old XP
>setup available - you could use it to get your hands on
the keys and the
>files. However, if the keys are not available at this
point - it's very
>possible that the files are lost.
>
>--
>Sharon F
>Microsoft MVP, Windows - Shell/User
>
>
>.
>

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