Re: Access denied on External USB harddrive

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Thanks for the reply D.

But, I tried it already, it doesn't work.
I when to take ownership of the folder/files, it will just give me a message
saying access denied...

"Daddy" wrote:

I believe you will find your answer here:

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

Daddy

"Peter Chang" <PeterChang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I backed up some files on to my external USB harddrive.

I then re-installed winXP on my laptop, now I can't access the files I
backedup on my USB harddrive.

I can see the USB harddrive in explorer and I can go into folders but I
cannot open any of the files up or copy them to my desktop.

I tried to changed the ownership of the files, but I get an error message
saying access denied.

I tried to use the subinACL util. but it doesn't work.

Can anyone help.. please!!!



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