Re: Protection problem after installing 2nd HD

From: Malke (noreply_at_invalid.com)
Date: 03/14/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:52:35 -0800

daanoo wrote:

>
> Dear all...
>
> Bought myself a new computer last week. I took out my entire 'old'
> harddisk, and put this one in my new system.
> No problems thus far; every folder is accessible,
> except...................... E:\Documents and Settings\Daan.
> (I used 2 accounts on XP: Daan and Guest. In the Daan folder, all my
> data is stored: addressbooks/pictures/emails/etc)
>
> When I click on the folder, XP-home sends me an on screen warning:
> Protected folder, XS not allowed (something like that)
>
> Is there any way to get my own data back??
> Already tried something in safe-mode, nothing succeeded :-((
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Daan

You need to take ownership of the files:

Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

Malke 

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