Jimmy Brush

Hello,

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> I have the same problem. I installed Vista on a new partition. It can access
> all the XP files and folders in other drives but they are all read only. I
> changed ownership to mymachine\administrators for all the files & folders in
> those drives. That did not fix the issue.

Changing ownership does Not give you access to the files. Changing ownership
only allows you to edit permissions on the files. The reason I recommended to
the OP here to change ownership was because he could not change the
permissions any other way.

Changing ownership on files is not recommened unless you are having problems
changing permissions.

You still must give yourself permission to access those files in Vista. Find
the folder that contains the files you need access to (such as My Documents,
My Pictures, or a folder that you created) This will not work on system
folders such as Windows or Documents and Settings.

- Open an explorer window
- Find the folder you need access to
- Right-click it
- Click Properties
- Click the Security Tab
- Click Edit
- Click Add
- Type your username and press enter.
- Click the checkbox under Allow next to Full Control
- Click OK
- Click OK

- JB