NTFS restricted folder access question

Marcos · 18 Nov 2008 at 17:43

I took the drive out of my old busted laptop and want to recover some files from my documents but it says "Access is denied"

Is there a way around this? The drive itself is fine, just locks me out

thanks

Mattus · 18 Nov 2008 at 17:49

You need to take ownership of the folder and give yourself permission to access it.

Right-click folder
Properties
Security
Advanced
Owner
(Change owner to be you)

If still no good, add yourself to the permissions list and give yourself full control.

Marcos · 18 Nov 2008 at 18:13

thanks, i dont get a Security tab when i right click the folder

where is the permissions list?

Mattus · 18 Nov 2008 at 18:14

Which OS are you on?

Marcos · 18 Nov 2008 at 18:29

found it!

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

i had simple file sharing on