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Taking ownership on NTFS partition

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by baku

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My hard drive was damaged. Upon booting I get c0000218 error. (Registry hive file is corrupt). I received solution stating I could copy this file but ten I will risk loosing the My Document folder. Sine this folder has all my data I wish not loose it. So I installed an another new hard drive as C: and the damaged drive as slave D:
I re-installed XP. The system is up. I could see drive D: but when I click on My Documents folder in the drive D: it tells me Access Denied to this folder.
Question:
How do I prevent this accessing problem. I researched that some password file need to be delelted then it will permit me. Which file is this? Or any other solution highly appreciated.
drives are NTFS.

Thanks

Baku

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by quintar51

First, make sure you're logged in as Admin.

Next, try browsing the the folder right above 'my documents' for the user. The folder should be name their user name. Right-click on that folder, properties, security tab, advanced, owner tab, and seeif you can change the owner to your user account.

by baku

I tried with right clicking, properties and clicking the Sharing tab, checked the Share this folder on Network and also cheked Allow Network users to change my files. I then click Apply I got "An Error has occurred while trying to share My Documents. Access is Denied.

by quintar51

is there a security tab next to the sharing tab?

if not, make sure your drive is formatted as ntfs. Also, go into tools, folder options, view tab, scroll all the way down, UNCHECK 'simple file sharing'.

You're not supposed to share it. To take ownership, you must go through the security tab like I outlined in my previous answer.

by baku

This solution helped me to go in the right direction. With some adjustment it worked for me. Thanks

Baku

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