Name: Screwdriver 2006-09-07 11:38
I've recently gotten a USB mount for my dead laptop's 2.5" HDD. It was like twenty bucks, would buy again.
It works like a charm, but that's not the problem. When I attach the drive to my desktop, I can use it like any other drive. But, I can't look at or open or even copy my old My Documents folder, not even as Administrator! All my... uh, files... are locked away, taunting me!
I took the drive over to my buddy's place, because he has a machine running Ubuntu. He popped the drive in, and although the drive was read-only to him, he walked right into My Documents and proceeded to... make an archival backup... of my files without a hitch! But he can't write or move my folder.
My question is this: how can I, a Windows XP user, remove or bypass the permissions from my old hard drive so I can get my beloved files back?
It works like a charm, but that's not the problem. When I attach the drive to my desktop, I can use it like any other drive. But, I can't look at or open or even copy my old My Documents folder, not even as Administrator! All my... uh, files... are locked away, taunting me!
I took the drive over to my buddy's place, because he has a machine running Ubuntu. He popped the drive in, and although the drive was read-only to him, he walked right into My Documents and proceeded to... make an archival backup... of my files without a hitch! But he can't write or move my folder.
My question is this: how can I, a Windows XP user, remove or bypass the permissions from my old hard drive so I can get my beloved files back?