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Hey guys... I have a harddrive that was in my old pc that crashed a few months back and i would like to transfer my files from that old hdd to my new pc hd. Problem i get is when i try to transfer them since it used to be the main hdd and has windows its telling me access denied. Is there a way around this i didnt have a password of any kind on my pc...
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On your old PC did you have an account with a username and password? If you did create the same account with the same username and password. Restart windows and you should have access to the drive.
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Have you looked at taking ownership
http://support.microsoft.com/default...308421&sd=tech
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Operator: Dave Operating System: XP Professional SP2 Processor: Intel E6750 Core Duo@3.20GHz Graphics: Nvidia 8500GT C: Drive 500GB D: Drive 200GB Memory: 2GB Monitor: 22" Widescreen ------------------------------------------------ Winner of Photo Tournament - Eerie, Dark, Creepy--etc. |
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Other than saying that the Security tab option should show up in Safe Mode, sorry I can't help you.
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Operator: Dave Operating System: XP Professional SP2 Processor: Intel E6750 Core Duo@3.20GHz Graphics: Nvidia 8500GT C: Drive 500GB D: Drive 200GB Memory: 2GB Monitor: 22" Widescreen ------------------------------------------------ Winner of Photo Tournament - Eerie, Dark, Creepy--etc. |
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