getting access to old user permissions in XP

[Bob The Great]

I just had reinstalled windows but onto another LARGER drive. Well I was happily copying files off my old C: drive and suddenly got an error saying I can't access "documents and settings/mruser". So I open up the security tab and set its rights to be inherited. Bingo I have access, I pat my own back. But every folder after that won't give me access or let me change user rights. I need to find a program or way to access the "my documents" of the previous install so I can copy my music. I seriously do NOT want to download that 21GBs of music again (I'm an avid user of the new napster service )

Help is really appreciated!

[Bob The Great]

BTW I have no floppy drive (don't believe in them, even though one would be usefull we have CD-roms and so we should not be stuck on such antiquated equipment), and I'm willing to pay for software.

edit: also its 1:16am my time and I'm not sleeping till its fixed! don't let me die here peoples.

edit2: Seriously its 1:54am and I'm not sleeping...so erm...please someone read this...must have music...

[gjimene2]

I'm a bit pickled but here's my 2 cents.

Get on your root. C:\

On the folders there, on each one make sure you set yourself as having rights to all of the folders, and make sure that you allow for the child folders to get the same rights as the parent folder.

[Bob The Great]

Done, but still no luck. What about 2k's recover console? Is there a way I can get a boot cd running with 2ks recovery disk? I was just reading about that.

[gjimene2]

Ok, so you bought a bigger drive and decided to transfer everything from the old hard drive to the new one.

Why not use the utilities that came from the new drive to transfer everything automatically?

[Bob The Great]

think I may have found it!!!!

http://support.microsoft.com/default...308421&sd=tech


ha ha!

edit: No I had it like this

c: 40GB windows
d: 40GB programs
h: 80GB a bit of everything died

the 80 was rma'd and came today. Now my setup is...

c: 80GB windows/programs (RMA drive)
d: 40GB music/ISO's (old C
e: 40GB movies/photo work

edit x2: also didn't use programs that came with drive originally cause no floppy...I will stick by my guns!!!

edit x3: yeah, its taking forever to take ownership which is correct considering its about 21gbs. When its done I gotta sync napster up with it which is a gigantic task. I have to run each song while logged on. It could take a while...

edit x4: I may pull the music, and reformat that drive as I'm getting ownership probs with other files but the linky above does fix just about everything. Just one file that I can't delete but o well.

[gjimene2]

good to hear that your problem is solved

[The Jon]

w00t. Very shrewd Bob!

The Jon

[Bob The Great]

well its not done just yet. I'm having issues with deleting junk I don't want. But I am having fun with IE6 beta