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AlexK · Guest

My hard drive died. I tried to repair and reinstall Windows several times. It
seems that any new data written to the hard drive can't be read back any
more. So I installed Windows on my old disk and I can access all folder on
the new one now. The only problem is the "Documents and Settings" folder
where I kept all my documents. When I click on my user folder it says "access
denied". I can access other users' folders and copy files from them except
for my own. I'm stuck. Need help. Any ideas???

Thanks,
Alex

Greg Moseley · Guest

Hi,

Right click on the old Documents and Settings folders you want to access
and click Properties/Security Tab/Click Advanced/Owner Tab/Select the
new owner and tick the box to replace on sub containers.

This will re-apply the permissions on all the folders to match the SID
of your new Windows build

Cheers
Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: AlexK [mailto:AlexK@discussions.microsoft.com]
Posted At: 28 November 2005 13:40
Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.file_system
Conversation: Accessing "Documents and Settings" on another drive
Subject: Accessing "Documents and Settings" on another drive

My hard drive died. I tried to repair and reinstall Windows several
times. It
seems that any new data written to the hard drive can't be read back any

more. So I installed Windows on my old disk and I can access all folder
on
the new one now. The only problem is the "Documents and Settings" folder

where I kept all my documents. When I click on my user folder it says
"access
denied". I can access other users' folders and copy files from them
except
for my own. I'm stuck. Need help. Any ideas???

Thanks,
Alex

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