Vista - Denied Permission to windows.old files! PLEASE HELP!

When I try to access my documents in windows.old (to copy to Vista my
documents) I get the message:
"You have been denied premission to access this folder"
so I click the security tab and get
"The requested information is either unavaiable or cannot be displayed"
I am using the administrator account!

I got a similar problem upgrading from RC1 to 2. I can not access my docs
music stuff, after a reboot problem was gone.

"lionel" wrote:

> When I try to access my documents in windows.old (to copy to Vista my
> documents) I get the message:
> "You have been denied premission to access this folder"
> so I click the security tab and get
> "The requested information is either unavaiable or cannot be displayed"
> I am using the administrator account!
>
>
>

Did you by any chance have a Password protection on your old windows install?
I dont know about Vista but when I did a: 1: Install Upgrade from ME to XP i
had the same problem, it was my password. 2: Reinstalling Windows XP. That
might help some of the more experienced guys if you did or didnt have a
password.
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Im pretty Smart with computers but I even need help sometimes. Thats why im
here.


"Iain Lennox" wrote:

> I got a similar problem upgrading from RC1 to 2. I can not access my docs
> music stuff, after a reboot problem was gone.
>
> "lionel" wrote:
>
> > When I try to access my documents in windows.old (to copy to Vista my
> > documents) I get the message:
> > "You have been denied premission to access this folder"
> > so I click the security tab and get
> > "The requested information is either unavaiable or cannot be displayed"
> > I am using the administrator account!
> >
> >
> >