[amoon79]

My old laptop burned but I managed to rescue the hard disk. I connect it and it's works fine as external hard disk. The problem is that I can't open My Document folder in the old hard disk which was secured by the windows.

Is there a way I can open that folder in the old hard disk which is contain My Music, My Pictures etc.?


Thanx in advance.

[Lexluethar]

Are you logged in as an administrator? What OS are you using?

[amoon79]

Sure i logged as admin in my new laptop but the hard disk is from an old laptop.

The old hard disk got a XP windows in it (i didn't format it after i take it out from my old burned laptop)

my new laptop also got XP OS

[Lexluethar]

What does it say when you try to open it?

[amoon79]

you don't currently have permission to logged to this file....... or something like this

[Mak213]

Which OS are you currently using. You need to take ownership of the files. The old profile you had was password protected and you can not access the files from a different profile because of this.

This is not a hardware issue. This is a Windows issue. Moved to correct forum.

[amoon79]

So how i can solve this problem?

[Mak213]

As i already asked. What Operating System are you running? I can not give directions on how to take ownership if i do not know which system you are running.

Here is both. XP:

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP

Vista:

How-To: Take Ownership of Files in Vista - The NeoSmart Forums

Use which one you need to take ownership of the folders in question.

[amoon79]

thanx but I said in the 3rd replay it's XP OS

[EricB]

Originally Posted by amoon79

thanx but I said in the 3rd replay it's XP OS

so you click his 1st link for xp ownership.