Re: Access Denied to files on Slave Drive

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/06/03


Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 08:33:28 -0400

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

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"Matt" <mblindsay@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:045601c38be9$b66e0410$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Still need help!
>
> The directories / files on the slave drive were marked
> as "private" when the drive was the master.  Now that the
> OS crashed on that drive, I can't access those files.
>
> Any ideas?  Thank you.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >My XP crashed due to a bad update to my ISP software.
> >Couldn;t afford to lose the data on my c: drive.  Added
> a
> >new c: drive and slaved my old hard drive.  Now I'm
> >getting access denied on directories on the slave
> drive.
> >Of course it's the directories that contain the files
> >that I can;t afford to lose.  Help!  How do I access
> >these directories?  Thank you.
> >.
> >


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