Accessing My Docs from another Windows Installation

[Richard Priddy]

I have had a problem with my main installation of windows
and have had to install it again, not wanting to loose my
documents from the original installation i have insalled
it to another hard drive, now i am unalbe to access my
documents from the original installation, is this possable
at all?

[Robert Moir]

Richard Priddy wrote:
> I have had a problem with my main installation of windows
> and have had to install it again, not wanting to loose my
> documents from the original installation i have insalled
> it to another hard drive, now i am unalbe to access my
> documents from the original installation, is this possable
> at all?

You should be able to set the "ownership" of the files so you can access
them via: right click --> properties --> security --> advanced --> owner

You may need to be running in safe mode for this to work in XP Home.

[Roberto]

I can't find the option security
I have windows xp professional


>-----Original Message-----
>Richard Priddy wrote:
>> I have had a problem with my main installation of
windows
>> and have had to install it again, not wanting to loose
my
>> documents from the original installation i have
insalled
>> it to another hard drive, now i am unalbe to access my
>> documents from the original installation, is this
possable
>> at all?
>
>You should be able to set the "ownership" of the files
so you can access
>them via: right click --> properties --> security -->
advanced --> owner
>
>You may need to be running in safe mode for this to work
in XP Home.
>
>
>.
>

[Robert Moir]

Then turn off simple file sharing... from an explorer window click tools /
folder options / "view" tab, and it's at the bottom of the list.

Roberto wrote:
> I can't find the option security
> I have windows xp professional
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Richard Priddy wrote:
>>> I have had a problem with my main installation of windows
>>> and have had to install it again, not wanting to loose my
>>> documents from the original installation i have insalled
>>> it to another hard drive, now i am unalbe to access my
>>> documents from the original installation, is this possable
>>> at all?
>>
>> You should be able to set the "ownership" of the files so you can
>> access them via: right click --> properties --> security -->
>> advanced --> owner
>>
>> You may need to be running in safe mode for this to work in XP Home.
>>
>>
>> .