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dinosr 05-28-2008 04:01 PM

Saving Vista User Data On Xp PC
 
i'm working on a freinds pc that crashed cause he's using vista.
on my pc i have XP. when i try to access the user files on his hard drive that i pluged on mine to copy and put back when the reinstall is done, i get an error message saying i dont have access to these files... how can i gain acess to them so i can save his picture music and movies to put them back later! I hope you can help cause this could be a big probleme for saving data off a system that wont boot anymore! :sconfused:

Wombat 05-28-2008 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dinosr (Post 11131)
i'm working on a freinds pc that crashed cause he's using vista.
on my pc i have XP. when i try to access the user files on his hard drive that i pluged on mine to copy and put back when the reinstall is done, i get an error message saying i dont have access to these files... how can i gain acess to them so i can save his picture music and movies to put them back later! I hope you can help cause this could be a big probleme for saving data off a system that wont boot anymore! :sconfused:

Take ownership of the files, here's a link that explains how to do it...

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP

lurkswithin 05-28-2008 08:52 PM

That as wombat has pointed out and also when backing up data files for a repair option it is best to do it straight to CD/DVD and burn them that way and then it becomes much easier to replace the files once the other computer is fixed.

dinosr 06-12-2008 01:58 PM

hey thanks alot! that realy did the trick wombat!

Wombat 06-12-2008 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dinosr (Post 11410)
hey thanks alot! that realy did the trick wombat!

Your welcome...


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