Re: cann't get access to files after reinstallation



I ran into this problem and someone helped me (included below). It was an
ownership issue that I had to change - on one of the other partitions a
windows reinstall.
I'll paste the KB articles that were sent to me. I believe it was the first
KB article that helped me. I had to do it for all of the folders, but I had
full access after I went through the steps each time. It was a tremendous
help. I hope it helps you.

Here's the posting by that person who called themself "JS".

You most likely need to take ownership of the files.
read this MS KB article about how to take ownership of files.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

Access is Denied Error Message:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881

Shared folder access:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sdperms.htm

Also the partitions can have their drive letters changed back to what
you
want them to be using Disk Management

JS



"nasmith" <nasmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I got 2 HDs on my computer. The one has XP on it crashed. I reinstalled XP,
but couldn't access some files on my 2nd HD. Those files are in a folder
that was encryped and read-only. I've gained the owernership of the
folder,
and removed the read-only attributes, but couln't copy, open, or
deencryped
the files. Every time I tried to do so, I got a err message saying access
is
denied.

Anyone can help me out with this? Thanks.


.



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