Vista - Old drive Files, cant access.

Hello everyone, here is the situation...

I installed Vista Home P. this weekend. Bought a new HD to install it on and
everything went nice and easy. The I took my old Drive and set it up as a
Slave to my new one. This way I could just copy over my old files from it.
Mostly Pictures and Music Files.

Everytime I click on a File on the old Drive I get a message telling me that
I do not have permission to access the Fold or File. After following the on
screen promts I take over the File. But still cant accress or copy to the
Vista Music or Pictures Folders.

anyone have an idea on how to trun off the security settings that are not
allowing me to do this? Or have an idea on how to set the old drive up so
that I can now access it without getting these security Pop ups.

Thanks for any help.

Hello,

If you are familiar with using the command prompt,

Try this:

- Click start
- Type: cmd
- Right-click it when it appears under programs, and click Run As
Administrator
- cd to the drive you are having problems with (e.g., cd f
- cd to the folder that you need access to (e.g., cd documents)
- Type: icacls . /grant USERF) /T /C /L /Q
(Where USER is your user name)
- Press enter

This should give you access to the folder and all folder/files beneath it.

NOTE: This will NOT work on operating system protected folders (such as
Windows, Program Files, etc). You need to use this ONLY on folders that
contain files you created yourself (such as My Documents, My Music, or any
folder you created yourself).


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- JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/