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Moving drive from old PC to new PC
I recently moved a hard drive to a new computer and I can't gain read/write
access to my old folders. My computer puked. I'm pretty sure it's the motherboard. So, I bought a new tower and moved the hard drive. Old system XP, new system Vista. I can see all the old files and have even transferred mail ID's to the vista system, but I can't take the "read only" attribute off any of the folders. I tried the "take ownership" procedure and it did not work even though in the dialogue box shows that my ID on the new Vista system is the owner. Anyone got any help???? |
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Moving drive from old PC to new PC
sweetsco wrote:
I recently moved a hard drive to a new computer and I can't gain read/write access to my old folders. My computer puked. I'm pretty sure it's the motherboard. So, I bought a new tower and moved the hard drive. Old system XP, new system Vista. I can see all the old files and have even transferred mail ID's to the vista system, but I can't take the "read only" attribute off any of the folders. I tried the "take ownership" procedure and it did not work even though in the dialogue box shows that my ID on the new Vista system is the owner. Anyone got any help???? HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in WinXP (It's the same for Vista, though) http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q308421 -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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Moving drive from old PC to new PC
Bruce, as my post said, I tried this procedure and it did not work. If I did
something wrong and you can advise me I'll try again. tnx. Scott "Bruce Chambers" wrote: sweetsco wrote: I recently moved a hard drive to a new computer and I can't gain read/write access to my old folders. My computer puked. I'm pretty sure it's the motherboard. So, I bought a new tower and moved the hard drive. Old system XP, new system Vista. I can see all the old files and have even transferred mail ID's to the vista system, but I can't take the "read only" attribute off any of the folders. I tried the "take ownership" procedure and it did not work even though in the dialogue box shows that my ID on the new Vista system is the owner. Anyone got any help???? HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in WinXP (It's the same for Vista, though) http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q308421 -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |