accessing data as drive F

[jerry Robinson]

gratful if someone cud advise -

my system crashed on booting up - as i was about to install a larger hard
driver - i put the new one as Drive C and the original as Drive F - scandisk
failed to sort out the problem
But I cud access and transfer the data across from the other user accounts,
but my own, as administrater, was blocked - 'access denied'. can anyone
advise what the problem is and how i can access my files and transfer them
accross to the new hard drive.

it would be much appreciated

jerry

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Jerry,

This should help:

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

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
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Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"jerry Robinson" > wrote in message
...
> gratful if someone cud advise -
>
> my system crashed on booting up - as i was about to install a larger hard
> driver - i put the new one as Drive C and the original as Drive F -
scandisk
> failed to sort out the problem
> But I cud access and transfer the data across from the other user
accounts,
> but my own, as administrater, was blocked - 'access denied'. can anyone
> advise what the problem is and how i can access my files and transfer them
> accross to the new hard drive.
>
> it would be much appreciated
>
> jerry
>
>