I am reposting this because I think I did not post it correctly, my apologies.
My motherboard for a WIndows XP setup recently died so I rebuilt my system and used a new hard drive to install Windows 7.
After getting the new system running fine I installed the old hard drive into the new system in addition to the new drive.
Although the partitions and old file structure seems to be intact on the old drive I cannot find or access any of my old files in what was the administrators My Documents folder from that drive.
The My Document foldr for the other users appear to be intact and accessible.
Any attempt to boot the system from the old XP hard drive fails.
I don't care that it won't boot with XP but I would like to get my old files copied over and reformat the old drive.
If I search from the windows 7 start menu for the user name of the old administrator, it is able to locate files with the expected path.
For example (Bozo the Clown was the administrator user account name):
F:\Documents and Settings\Bozo the Clown\Local Settings\Application Data\Apple Computer\QuickTime\downloads
However, windows explore does not show the folder when you browse.
I have folders view setting to show hidden files and I have changed ownership of the folder structure to the current windows 7 admin account.
Attempting to access the folder through the windows explorer by manually entering the path (F:\Documents and Settings\Bozo the Clown) I get an access denied error message.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
My motherboard for a WIndows XP setup recently died so I rebuilt my system and used a new hard drive to install Windows 7.
After getting the new system running fine I installed the old hard drive into the new system in addition to the new drive.
Although the partitions and old file structure seems to be intact on the old drive I cannot find or access any of my old files in what was the administrators My Documents folder from that drive.
The My Document foldr for the other users appear to be intact and accessible.
Any attempt to boot the system from the old XP hard drive fails.
I don't care that it won't boot with XP but I would like to get my old files copied over and reformat the old drive.
If I search from the windows 7 start menu for the user name of the old administrator, it is able to locate files with the expected path.
For example (Bozo the Clown was the administrator user account name):
F:\Documents and Settings\Bozo the Clown\Local Settings\Application Data\Apple Computer\QuickTime\downloads
However, windows explore does not show the folder when you browse.
I have folders view setting to show hidden files and I have changed ownership of the folder structure to the current windows 7 admin account.
Attempting to access the folder through the windows explorer by manually entering the path (F:\Documents and Settings\Bozo the Clown) I get an access denied error message.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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