Re: Access Denied

From: Headache (Headache_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/09/05 

Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 18:21:02 -0700

Thank-you. That fixed the problem right up. I was looking for answers in
all the wrong places.

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> You've got to take ownership of the folder. Take a look here for
> the procedure:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421
>
> --
> Nepatsfan
> "Headache" <Headache@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6304C552-8E37-422B-B743-23133CD754A6@microsoft.com...
> >I recently had a boot sector failure on my hard drive. After
> >replacing the
> > hard drive, I set the old drive up as a slave and it is usable
> > as drive D:.
> > When I use Windows explorer to navigate through the old drive
> > when I try to
> > open the "Owner's Documents" folder, I get an "Access Denied"
> > message. I've
> > logged onto my system as Administrator and as Owner and neither
> > one can
> > access the files.
> >
> > When I used the software that came with the new drive, I can
> > access the
> > folder and copy it, which I did. I copied the whole folder to
> > my new drive
> > and then tried to log on normally. Now I can navigate the
> > folder, but I
> > cannot access any of the files. I get the message "user does
> > not have access
> > privileges."
> >
> > Anyone know of a work around?
>
>
>

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