(Acces Denied) When accessing laptops HDD

Hey everyone,
I have a question to ask you all.
My laptop recently fizzled out due to a power serge, luckely i could recover the HDD and connect it up for my PC (using the CD-ROM connection to the motherboard).

When i tried acessing my files in the DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS folder, i was promted with an error message:

"Access denied"

This is probably due to XP's security on the laptops HDD right?

Is there anyway to get around that, so i can pull my infomation of my laptop's hdd onto my PC's?

Email:

Thanks in advance
Michael

m_vanarey wrote:
Hey everyone,
I have a question to ask you all.
My laptop recently fizzled out due to a power serge, luckely
i could recover the HDD and connect it up for my PC (using
the CD-ROM connection to the motherboard).

When i tried acessing my files in the DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS
folder, i was promted with an error message:

"Access denied"

This is probably due to XP's security on the laptops HDD
right?

Is there anyway to get around that, so i can pull my
infomation of my laptop's hdd onto my PC's?

Email:

Thanks in advance
Michael


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m_vanarey

You need to take ownership of the files. Take a look here for
the procedu

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421

Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you
must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an
account that has Administrative rights to have access to the
Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and
start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed
on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup
Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your
keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter.

Good luck

Nepatsfan