hdd in cradle unable to access

Hi,
My hdd crashed and I am able to see my profiles but can't access the folders
with the drive in a usb cradle. I have passwords on 3 profiles on the old
drive all are mine but I can't get to the files to transfer them to the new
drive. It says access is denied.

It may be a case of 'taking ownership' see win help

"traumajohn" <traumajohn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1470F468-1DA4-48CC-A2B6-D79276F9118F@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> My hdd crashed and I am able to see my profiles but can't access the
> folders
> with the drive in a usb cradle. I have passwords on 3 profiles on the old
> drive all are mine but I can't get to the files to transfer them to the
> new
> drive. It says access is denied.

Thanks, I am actually at work right now. I am using home edition and see I
need to boot to safe mode admin account to change rights. Can that be done
with a usb cradle? Will the drivers be loaded?
Thanks,
John

"DL" wrote:

> It may be a case of 'taking ownership' see win help
>
> "traumajohn" <traumajohn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1470F468-1DA4-48CC-A2B6-D79276F9118F@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > My hdd crashed and I am able to see my profiles but can't access the
> > folders
> > with the drive in a usb cradle. I have passwords on 3 profiles on the old
> > drive all are mine but I can't get to the files to transfer them to the
> > new
> > drive. It says access is denied.
>
>
>

Sorry for the delay in my reply. Thank you your advice worked great. I got
all my data and the pc works fine now. You guys are the best.
John

"traumajohn" wrote:

> Thanks, I am actually at work right now. I am using home edition and see I
> need to boot to safe mode admin account to change rights. Can that be done
> with a usb cradle? Will the drivers be loaded?
> Thanks,
> John
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
> > It may be a case of 'taking ownership' see win help
> >
> > "traumajohn" <traumajohn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:1470F468-1DA4-48CC-A2B6-D79276F9118F@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi,
> > > My hdd crashed and I am able to see my profiles but can't access the
> > > folders
> > > with the drive in a usb cradle. I have passwords on 3 profiles on the old
> > > drive all are mine but I can't get to the files to transfer them to the
> > > new
> > > drive. It says access is denied.
> >
> >
> >