Re: cant read folders on hard drive

Once you have taken ownership of the doc (created in W2k) in XP, you should
be able ot open the file directly in XP without getting the error.

Or am I misunderstanding the question here...?

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"sean" <sean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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awesome thanks guys it worked. ive been tryin to get this to work for 3
years. Now ONE MORE QUESTION. I took ownership on someone elses win2k
laptop, mine is XP
how can i view the contents in XP

"Jabez Gan [MVP]" wrote:

In this case, following what Dave said on taking ownership should do the
trick.

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"sean" <sean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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i dont know why the folders are not accessible. originally i had a
tower
PC
with this drive as backup. I was running win2k pro. i'm pretty sure
the
80gb was formatted on an ntfs partition. Ive tried to install the
drive
as a
backup in a XP tower. when i explore the drive the folders can be
viewed.
when i click the folder, an error message pops up that says folder
E:\My
Files is not accessible.
since then ive installed the HD in a USB backpack housing and have
tried
to
access the files on a XP and Win2k Pro laptops via USB. Each way has
the
same result: folders viewabe contents of folder not accessible


"Dave Patrick" wrote:

You didn't tell us the reason for "not accessible" but try taking
ownership.
Explorer|"folder"|File|Properties|Security|Advanced|Owner and take
ownership.

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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"sean" wrote:
|i have an 80gb harddrive that was my backup when my motherboard
crapped
out.
| i now have it in a USB backpack. my computer reads the folders but
says
they
| are not accessable. before i got the backpack case i put the HD in
a
tower
| PC, with the same results. why cant i read whats in the folders?
they
| werent password protected before.








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