Accessing "Documents & Settings" in a previous Windows ins..

"AN O'Nymous" <a_n_onymous80 RemoveThis @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I recently bought a new 300GB HDD, and installed a fresh version of Win
> XP there. I would like to copy the contents of my "Documents &
> Settings" folder into my new hard drive...however, I get the error
> message "Access Denied".
>
> Is there any way around this? Thanks...
>
Go to Start\Help, and type in file permission.
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AN O'Nymous, 3/14/2006, 12:11:28 PM,
<1142356288.009508.183950.DeleteThis@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com> wrote:

> I recently bought a new 300GB HDD, and installed a fresh version of
> Win XP there. I would like to copy the contents of my "Documents &
> Settings" folder into my new hard drive...however, I get the error
> message "Access Denied".
>
> Is there any way around this? Thanks...

Right-click on the folder itself and select Security Tab. Add the
local administrator to the list of allowed users and give Full
permissions to him. You may need to log out and back in as
Administrator and hopefully the folder will be available to you. If
not there are other options available afterwards.

--
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Will Rogers
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AN O'Nymous, 3/14/2006, 12:25:24 PM,
<1142357124.447907.123810.DeleteThis@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> wrote:

>
> badgolferman wrote:
> > AN O'Nymous, 3/14/2006, 12:11:28 PM,
> > <1142356288.009508.183950.DeleteThis@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I recently bought a new 300GB HDD, and installed a fresh version
> > > of Win XP there. I would like to copy the contents of my
> > > "Documents & Settings" folder into my new hard drive...however, I
> > > get the error message "Access Denied".
> > >
> > > Is there any way around this? Thanks...
> >
> > Right-click on the folder itself and select Security Tab. Add the
> > local administrator to the list of allowed users and give Full
> > permissions to him. You may need to log out and back in as
> > Administrator and hopefully the folder will be available to you. If
> > not there are other options available afterwards.

>
> I'm logged in as the Administrator, but I can't see the Security tab.

Right-click-->Properties-->Security
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You probably won't be able replace the files because they are in use by windows. You can boot with another windows installation e.g. on another drive or do another windows installation in a different directory to do the job.

AN O'Nymous wrote:
>
> I recently bought a new 300GB HDD, and installed a fresh version of Win
> XP there. I would like to copy the contents of my "Documents &
> Settings" folder into my new hard drive...however, I get the error
> message "Access Denied".
>
> Is there any way around this? Thanks...

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Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
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