I have win 7. and I have a Hard Drive that has win xp on it so I connected it with a USB to my computer so I can copy some FILES I had on it.

Well when I try to copy ANYTHING off the Drive it tells me....You Do Not Have Permisson.

I click the Continue Tab and it just says the same thing.

So I Log On to the ADMIN account in safe mode and it still happens.

So I am trying to take Onership of the Drive and just need to know one thing?

I am at the screen were it says....Type The Group Name that You Want To Have Ownership of this device.

Am I right it wants my account Name??It would be your account credentials for the NTFS partition by which that XP drive was created I believe. This is a mismatch between your local systems credentials and this drive which disallows pass thru authentication. I'd try using the credentials by which the XP system was using for the data you need and see if that works. Quote

Am I right it wants my account Name??

Take Ownership of a File or FOLDER
Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2

The owner of the object controls how permissions are set on the object and to whom permissions are granted.

The Take Ownership permission on an object or the Restore files and directories user right are the minimum requirements to complete this PROCEDURE. Review the DETAILS in "Additional considerations" in this topic.

To take ownership of a file or folder
Open Windows Explorer, and then locate the file or folder you want to take ownership of.

Right-click the file or folder, click Properties, and then click the Security tab.

Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.

Click Edit, and then do one of the following: