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is like this i took my friend hardisk n wanted to copy his file form his hardisk to my. i have plug his hardisk to my ONE computer but can't find his desktop n when i go to his "my documet". then"E:\Documents and Settings" his own user named "XXXX" cannot go in it said "Access is denied" and "E:\Documents and Settings\XXXX is not accessible"You must log in as an Administrator. His drive cannot be compressed nor encrypted either.The correct path to his desktop would Documents and Settings/his user NAME/Desktop...
You may have to take ownership first...
SEE Here...still would WORK i just can in to his "E:\Documents and Settings\XXX" then cannot use the share... on the file "My desktop" n "My documet". i want 2 explain that i plug his hardisk into my one computer where i CANOT get in his file We understand. You plugged the hard drive into your MACHINE and it came from another machine. This is now called a slave drive. You are opening the 2nd drive and trying to read some files.

One of 3 things can be wrong.

1. The files are encrypted.

2. The files were compressed when they were in the other machine that you took the drive from.

3. You don't have ownership of the files.

How to take ownership of files.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

Also the correct location of your friends files are
C:\Documents and Settings\your.friends.name

i go 2 the 1st step but the 2nd donot hav, n what mean by "administrative credentials". also i can't disable the simple sharing. On the "http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/" in "How to turn off simple file sharing" the 3rd step on "advanced setting" i can't find itsomebody help is need hereWhat version of Windows are you running?

Just to get this straight you are putting his drive in your machine and booting it ? ?
I'm suprised but not shocked it boots at all but you are apparently logging in on an account that does have Administrative rights...
Have your friend stop by and login to the Admin account...
If all you need is a file off of there why did he not just send it to you or put it on a USB drive ? ?

I'm afraid there is more to this story than we're being led to believe... Quote from: almonhoe on September 16, 2008, 10:11:04 PM

is like this i took my friend hardisk n wanted to copy his file form his hardisk to my. i have plug his hardisk to my ONE computer but can't find his desktop n when i go to his "my documet". then"E:\Documents and Settings" his own user named "XXXX" cannot go in it said "Access is denied" and "E:\Documents and Settings\XXXX is not accessible"

OK, you pulled the hdd from your friends machine.  Put it back in and dont forget to set the jumper back to master. Then  follow the link in patio's post

Quote from: patio on September 16, 2008, 11:00:19 PM
The correct path to his desktop would Documents and Settings/his user name/Desktop...
You may have to take ownership first...
See Here...


Also this is from the bottom of the Microsoft article which patio has in his post:

To take ownership of a file, follow these steps:
1.   Right-click the file that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
2.   Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears).
3.   Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4.   In the Name list, click Administrator, or click the Administrators group, and then click OK.

The administrator or the Administrators group now owns the file. To change the permissions on the files and folders under this folder, go to step 5.
5.   Click Add.
6.   In the Enter the object names to select (examples) list, type the user or group account that you want to give access to the file. For example, type Administrator. My advice is add Everyone when the "Select Users or Groups" dialog box comes up. Once you return the HDD to your friends box you must remove the Everyone or else it will be an easier target for malware and malicious hackers.
7.   Click OK.
8.   In the Group or user names list, click the account that you want, and then select the check boxes of the permissions that you want to assign that user.
9.   When you are finished assigning permissions, click OK.He's been given this info above in my first reply...
I still believe this is not the full story so let's wait and see what he comes up with first...many thx. i love it


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