Re: Security lockout on my files

From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (mrxp2004_at_nospamyahoo.com)
Date: 04/05/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 09:49:42 -0500

This article describes how to take ownership of a file or folder
to which you have been denied access:

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&Product=winxp 

-- 
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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"P Webster" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message:
 news:1825e01c41ae8$fdf47dd0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
| Hi,
| Yesterday, I was forced to reinstall my laptop's Windows XP
| Home Edition, but I have found that all my files are now
| inaccessible.
| 
| I can see them in the Explorer window, but if I try to copy
| them to my backup device, I get an 'access denied' dialog.
| 
| I am using an account with administrator priviledges, but I
| still cannot access my files.
| 
| I have also tried using a Linux live CD, but that cannot
| read the files either.
| 
| So, what I need to know is:
| 1) How do I copy my files away from this NTFS partition
| onto my backup device?
| 2) How do I disable file security so that this never
| happens again?
| 
| Thanks,
| 
| Phil

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