"lightfla" wrote
[Quoted Text] >I have built a windows VISTA Basic PC for my sister. I just received the
> hardrive from her previous PC and installed the drive as slave. I want to
> transfer files, favorites, email account info etc but am not able to
> access
> those folder because of insufficient rights. The old hard drive has
> windows
> XP home edition installed on it. How can i gain rights on the new
> computer
> to gain full access to all files etc on the old PC hard drive. There is
> alot
> of data in ducments and setting especially that I want to transfer to the
> new
> system. Thanks in advance...lightfla[ at ]comcast.net
It's an issue of ownership and permissions. You need to take ownership of
those files/folders and give the account sufficient access permissions. Go
to Start | Help and Support. Search on permissions for info on how to do
this.
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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
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