Getting into a Vista directory from W2K?

[***** charles]

Hi all,

I removed a hd from a laptop that had Vista Basic on it.
I connected the hd to an old clone that I have that has
Windows 2000 Pro SP4 on it. The laptop hd is a SATA
and I have a SATA card in the clone. The driver loaded
just fine and I can see the two partitions on the laptop hd.
Problem is I need to drill down into My Documents on
the laptop hd to copy my documents off the thing. When
I click on the My Documents directory I get
F:\Documents and Settings is not accessable.
Access is denied.
I know there is stuff in there and that this is a permisions
problem but how do I take ownership of the directory
so I can read/copy the files I need?

thanks,
charles....

 

[Tim Rude]

Re: Getting into a Vista directory from W2K?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=take+ownership+folder+2000

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/268019

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"***** charles" <me@mine.com> wrote in message
news:vVZCi.31476$RX.5717@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net...
> Hi all,
>
> I removed a hd from a laptop that had Vista Basic on it.
> I connected the hd to an old clone that I have that has
> Windows 2000 Pro SP4 on it. The laptop hd is a SATA
> and I have a SATA card in the clone. The driver loaded
> just fine and I can see the two partitions on the laptop hd.
> Problem is I need to drill down into My Documents on
> the laptop hd to copy my documents off the thing. When
> I click on the My Documents directory I get
> F:\Documents and Settings is not accessable.
> Access is denied.
> I know there is stuff in there and that this is a permisions
> problem but how do I take ownership of the directory
> so I can read/copy the files I need?
>
> thanks,
> charles....
>
>

 

[Dave Patrick]

Re: Getting into a Vista directory from W2K?

As long as encryption isn't involved as a local administrator you can take
ownership. Explorer|"folder"|File|Properties|Security|Advanced|Owner and
take ownership.

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"***** charles" wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I removed a hd from a laptop that had Vista Basic on it.
> I connected the hd to an old clone that I have that has
> Windows 2000 Pro SP4 on it. The laptop hd is a SATA
> and I have a SATA card in the clone. The driver loaded
> just fine and I can see the two partitions on the laptop hd.
> Problem is I need to drill down into My Documents on
> the laptop hd to copy my documents off the thing. When
> I click on the My Documents directory I get
> F:\Documents and Settings is not accessable.
> Access is denied.
> I know there is stuff in there and that this is a permisions
> problem but how do I take ownership of the directory
> so I can read/copy the files I need?
>
> thanks,
> charles....
>
>

 

[Mike TJ Dickey]

RE: Getting into a Vista directory from W2K?

hi all


"***** charles" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I removed a hd from a laptop that had Vista Basic on it.
> I connected the hd to an old clone that I have that has
> Windows 2000 Pro SP4 on it. The laptop hd is a SATA
> and I have a SATA card in the clone. The driver loaded
> just fine and I can see the two partitions on the laptop hd.
> Problem is I need to drill down into My Documents on
> the laptop hd to copy my documents off the thing. When
> I click on the My Documents directory I get
> F:\Documents and Settings is not accessable.
> Access is denied.
> I know there is stuff in there and that this is a permisions
> problem but how do I take ownership of the directory
> so I can read/copy the files I need?
>
> thanks,
> charles....
>
>
>

 

[Mike TJ Dickey]

RE: Getting into a Vista directory from W2K?

hi
i have loaded windows me in to may same p2 mother board again and em trying
to rebuild windows me.and when i try to get a down load from microsoft i get
it but window me tells me that iam "sp4express_en.exe is missing export
ntdll.dll.strstr"
how do i fix this problam so i can get the down loads so i can rebuid
windows me
thanks
mike

"***** charles" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I removed a hd from a laptop that had Vista Basic on it.
> I connected the hd to an old clone that I have that has
> Windows 2000 Pro SP4 on it. The laptop hd is a SATA
> and I have a SATA card in the clone. The driver loaded
> just fine and I can see the two partitions on the laptop hd.
> Problem is I need to drill down into My Documents on
> the laptop hd to copy my documents off the thing. When
> I click on the My Documents directory I get
> F:\Documents and Settings is not accessable.
> Access is denied.
> I know there is stuff in there and that this is a permisions
> problem but how do I take ownership of the directory
> so I can read/copy the files I need?
>
> thanks,
> charles....
>
>
>

 

[Dave Patrick]

Re: Getting into a Vista directory from W2K?

Try asking them here.

http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...49e-7d4a-4a14-9385-35089b28db71&lang=en&cr=US

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Mike TJ Dickey" wrote:
> hi
> i have loaded windows me in to may same p2 mother board again and em
> trying
> to rebuild windows me.and when i try to get a down load from microsoft i
> get
> it but window me tells me that iam "sp4express_en.exe is missing export
> ntdll.dll.strstr"
> how do i fix this problam so i can get the down loads so i can rebuid
> windows me
> thanks
> mike
>
> "***** charles" wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I removed a hd from a laptop that had Vista Basic on it.
>> I connected the hd to an old clone that I have that has
>> Windows 2000 Pro SP4 on it. The laptop hd is a SATA
>> and I have a SATA card in the clone. The driver loaded
>> just fine and I can see the two partitions on the laptop hd.
>> Problem is I need to drill down into My Documents on
>> the laptop hd to copy my documents off the thing. When
>> I click on the My Documents directory I get
>> F:\Documents and Settings is not accessable.
>> Access is denied.
>> I know there is stuff in there and that this is a permisions
>> problem but how do I take ownership of the directory
>> so I can read/copy the files I need?
>>
>> thanks,
>> charles....
>>
>>
>>

 

[GO]

Re: Getting into a Vista directory from W2K?

Hi Charles,

"Documents and Settings" doesn't really exist anymore on Vista (it's a
softlink, sort of like a shortcut), and Windows XP (and I'm assuming 2k)
does not recognize it and you will receive an access denied error. It now
points to a "Users" file, so you should find your files on
F:\Users\<username>


Greg

***** charles wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I removed a hd from a laptop that had Vista Basic on it.
> I connected the hd to an old clone that I have that has
> Windows 2000 Pro SP4 on it. The laptop hd is a SATA
> and I have a SATA card in the clone. The driver loaded
> just fine and I can see the two partitions on the laptop hd.
> Problem is I need to drill down into My Documents on
> the laptop hd to copy my documents off the thing. When
> I click on the My Documents directory I get
> F:\Documents and Settings is not accessable.
> Access is denied.
> I know there is stuff in there and that this is a permisions
> problem but how do I take ownership of the directory
> so I can read/copy the files I need?
>
> thanks,
> charles....