I replaced my hd using Western Digital formatting tools. It automatically
copied data and made the new drive bootable and the old one not bootable.
BUT...I messed it up somehow. Now all of my pictures and data files from the
old drive are on both drives, but can't be read. They aren't blank, they have
file sizes. I also couldn't open my old Outlook .pst files. the error says
"access is denied" for both instances. Ok, i'm an idiot for not backing up,
but this was supposed to go smoothly.:/ Some of the XP accts on the old
drive had passwords, could that have something to do with it? How can I
unlock all this stuff?
TIA!

Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;810881

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"Heyjuli28" wrote:

| I replaced my hd using Western Digital formatting tools. It automatically
| copied data and made the new drive bootable and the old one not bootable.
| BUT...I messed it up somehow. Now all of my pictures and data files from the
| old drive are on both drives, but can't be read. They aren't blank, they have
| file sizes. I also couldn't open my old Outlook .pst files. the error says
| "access is denied" for both instances. Ok, i'm an idiot for not backing up,
| but this was supposed to go smoothly.:/ Some of the XP accts on the old
| drive had passwords, could that have something to do with it? How can I
| unlock all this stuff?
| TIA!

Thank You! The second link was the one I used.. The first refers to
Professional and I have XP Home. I'm so glad you included both. I got all my
photos back! Yay!! I still can't open the older Outlook, but I hotsync'd with
my handheld and got back most of it.

Thank you so much for your time.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;810881
>
> How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Heyjuli28" wrote:
>
> | I replaced my hd using Western Digital formatting tools. It automatically
> | copied data and made the new drive bootable and the old one not bootable.
> | BUT...I messed it up somehow. Now all of my pictures and data files from the
> | old drive are on both drives, but can't be read. They aren't blank, they have
> | file sizes. I also couldn't open my old Outlook .pst files. the error says
> | "access is denied" for both instances. Ok, i'm an idiot for not backing up,
> | but this was supposed to go smoothly.:/ Some of the XP accts on the old
> | drive had passwords, could that have something to do with it? How can I
> | unlock all this stuff?
> | TIA!
>