How do I get access?

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Tore wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I recently had a lightning striking down wich ruined my PC, so now I had to
> buy a new one. Luckily, one of my hard-drives survived. The problem is this:
>
> Ont the hard-drive which survived I have a lot of data which I need to get
> access to. In the "Documents and settings" folder I get access to 3 out of 5
> profiles, but not the one I need to get access to. I had password set on
> those two user accounts. I guess this is the reason why I don't get access to
> those two folders. When I try to access those two folders I get "Access
> denied". How do I override this? Do I need to remove the SID? And how do I do
> that?
>
> And before you ask me, no, I can't boot on the hard-drive, I have to put it
> into another computer, in this case another computer with Windows XP Home
> Edition.
> And yes, I am login in as Administrator.
> The hard-drive file format is NTFS.
>
>
> Can anyone please help me?
>
>
> Regards, Tore

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421



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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Tore wrote:
> I recently had a lightning striking down wich ruined my PC, so now I
> had to buy a new one. Luckily, one of my hard-drives survived. The
> problem is this:
>
> Ont the hard-drive which survived I have a lot of data which I need
> to get access to. In the "Documents and settings" folder I get access
> to 3 out of 5 profiles, but not the one I need to get access to. I
> had password set on those two user accounts. I guess this is the
> reason why I don't get access to those two folders. When I try to
> access those two folders I get "Access denied". How do I override
> this? Do I need to remove the SID? And how do I do that?
>
> And before you ask me, no, I can't boot on the hard-drive, I have to
> put it into another computer, in this case another computer with
> Windows XP Home Edition.
> And yes, I am login in as Administrator.
> The hard-drive file format is NTFS.

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If you got "Access Denied" messages for those files..

As long as EFS is not involved:

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

How to disable simplified sharing & set permissions
on a shared folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874

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