Guest Steve Louie Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 My Laptop got the blue screen of death doing bootup right after the windows XP splash screen. I did everything to repair the installation but it didn't work. i figure i'd do a parallel installation and then backup my data and reformatt the hard drive and start fresh. After i performed the Parallel installation, I am not able to access all the folders or files from the user of the original installation. some folder let me access but other gave me error that it is not accessible; access denied error. When I right click on the user folder and choose properties, the Security tab is missing, that true on all of the folder when I boot into the parallel installation. I need to access files from the one of the users' folder, please help. thanks, Steve
Guest Malke Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Re: Access User Folder after Parallel Installation Steve Louie wrote: > My Laptop got the blue screen of death doing bootup right after the windows > XP splash screen. I did everything to repair the installation but it didn't > work. i figure i'd do a parallel installation and then backup my data and > reformatt the hard drive and start fresh. > > After i performed the Parallel installation, I am not able to access all the > folders or files from the user of the original installation. some folder let > me access but other gave me error that it is not accessible; access denied > error. When I right click on the user folder and choose properties, the > Security tab is missing, that true on all of the folder when I boot into the > parallel installation. > > I need to access files from the one of the users' folder, please help. Security Tab a. The drive must be NTFS b. For XP Pro, in Folder Options>View uncheck 'Use Simple File Sharing'. That is the level used in Home, and for some strange reason is on by default in Pro, too. How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? - http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] - http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421 Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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