Security/Accessability Q.

[gphalpin]

i've run into this myself. there are a couple of things
you can try.

for starters, make sure your user ID and password are now
the same as they were before. if that does not work, try
logging in as administrator to access those folders.

if that does not work, you can "take ownership" of the
directory. to do so, right click on the folder and click
on properties. the properties window for the folder will
appear. click on the Security tab. then click on the
Advanced button. another box pops up. click on the
owner tab. it will show the owner of the folder. in the
name box, highlight your name and check the box that says
Replace owner on subcontainers and objects. then click
on Apply and then Okay. then the ownership should change
to your account. if you were using encryption, however,
you may be out of luck.

i hope one of these works for you.

gph

>-----Original Message-----
>Hoping someone can help. Long one but please read ,
>thanks in advance.
>---
>My drive C: running XP with 3 users accounts ceased to
>function and would not boot up. tried various things to
>get it going but would not work.
>
>I went out and bought a new hdd. (drive f:) , ran this
as
>the the primary drive and now drive c: is running as a
>slave.
>
>I am able to access drive c: now . I am able to access
>program files and other files but i cannot get into the
>user account i was using.
>
>It comes up with error -
>
>"C:\Documents and Setting\(me the user)\My Documents is
>not accessible.
>
>Access is denied"
>
>Is there anyway of getting to the use the files as i
have
>quite a bit of work on there i need to get to. Any help
>advice is much appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>.
>