With the hard drive from the old computer installed as a
slave drive on your new computer you need to disable Simple
File Sharing and take ownership of the files. Take a look at
these articles for more info:
Simple File Sharing in XP Home - checkbox missing? ... Trying to take ownership of a file (done it before successfully on Win2000 ... and XP Pro PC's) which entails turning off Simple File Sharing to enable the ... (read several posts and MS articles on this and have done it successfully) ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
Re: Greyed out "Make this folder private"check box ... Configure File Sharing in Windows XP Professional and Home Edition ... > configure permissions for access to your files and folders.... > The option to take ownership is within the Advanced Options button... ... > If that wont do it, log-in with the Administrator account and if necessary ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
Re: File Sharing and Security ...Nepatsfan... >>> file sharing, and I can not get the tab to display. ... Does it say NTFS or FAT32? ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)
Re: Deleting files belonging to user that no longer exists ... You have to disable Simple File Sharing.... > Nepatsfan - thanks for the info. ... > Dean Rettig... >>> tried deleting them with the Admin account to no avail. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
