Vista - Access denied on external hard drive

03-19-2008

Hello. I recently purchased an HP Media Center PC that is running Windows
Vista Home Premium. This is a family-shared PC and has six user accounts: two
administrator accounts (one for me, one for my wife), and four standard
accounts for the kids.

Our previous PC died due to motherboard failure, so I took its hard drive
and converted it to an external USB drive. This drive was configured with XP
and the latest patches, and set up with six accounts (two admin, four
regular). When I connect this drive to the Vista machine, Vista recognizes it
and I can view and open directories and files on this hard drive via
Documents and Settings -- except my old folders and files. Whenever I try and
open my files on the external drive, I get an error message saying I don't
have authorization. Any idea how to get around this? Thanks in advance.

--Keith

03-19-2008

Hello,

you may have to take ownership over those files using Vista.
Right-click the folder, select Properties > tab "Security" > Advanced > tab
"Owner" > Edit > select the checkbox with the subcontainers and select your
username > OK.
Then, go back to the Properties > "Security" tab and give yourself full
permission, if necessary.

I hope this will help you.
--
Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
---> http://atlive.wordpress.com

"Keith" <Keith@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Hello. I recently purchased an HP Media Center PC that is running Windows
> Vista Home Premium. This is a family-shared PC and has six user accounts:
> two
> administrator accounts (one for me, one for my wife), and four standard
> accounts for the kids.
>
> Our previous PC died due to motherboard failure, so I took its hard drive
> and converted it to an external USB drive. This drive was configured with
> XP
> and the latest patches, and set up with six accounts (two admin, four
> regular). When I connect this drive to the Vista machine, Vista recognizes
> it
> and I can view and open directories and files on this hard drive via
> Documents and Settings -- except my old folders and files. Whenever I try
> and
> open my files on the external drive, I get an error message saying I don't
> have authorization. Any idea how to get around this? Thanks in advance.
>
> --Keith

03-19-2008	#1 (permalink)
Keith n/a posts	Access denied on external hard drive Hello. I recently purchased an HP Media Center PC that is running Windows Vista Home Premium. This is a family-shared PC and has six user accounts: two administrator accounts (one for me, one for my wife), and four standard accounts for the kids. Our previous PC died due to motherboard failure, so I took its hard drive and converted it to an external USB drive. This drive was configured with XP and the latest patches, and set up with six accounts (two admin, four regular). When I connect this drive to the Vista machine, Vista recognizes it and I can view and open directories and files on this hard drive via Documents and Settings -- except my old folders and files. Whenever I try and open my files on the external drive, I get an error message saying I don't have authorization. Any idea how to get around this? Thanks in advance. --Keith
My System Specs

03-19-2008	#2 (permalink)
P. Di Stolfo n/a posts	Re: Access denied on external hard drive Hello, you may have to take ownership over those files using Vista. Right-click the folder, select Properties > tab "Security" > Advanced > tab "Owner" > Edit > select the checkbox with the subcontainers and select your username > OK. Then, go back to the Properties > "Security" tab and give yourself full permission, if necessary. I hope this will help you. -- Greetings, P. Di Stolfo ---> http://atlive.wordpress.com "Keith" <Keith@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:CEBF56A3-67FF-452C-A76D-C937A0B21865@xxxxxx Quote: > Hello. I recently purchased an HP Media Center PC that is running Windows > Vista Home Premium. This is a family-shared PC and has six user accounts: > two > administrator accounts (one for me, one for my wife), and four standard > accounts for the kids. > > Our previous PC died due to motherboard failure, so I took its hard drive > and converted it to an external USB drive. This drive was configured with > XP > and the latest patches, and set up with six accounts (two admin, four > regular). When I connect this drive to the Vista machine, Vista recognizes > it > and I can view and open directories and files on this hard drive via > Documents and Settings -- except my old folders and files. Whenever I try > and > open my files on the external drive, I get an error message saying I don't > have authorization. Any idea how to get around this? Thanks in advance. > > --Keith
My System Specs

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