Hi, Please help. My old laptop running WinXP with NTSF format has 4 partitions (C, D, E, F). But the laptop died on my recently. Bought a new laptop running Win 7. I pulled out my old HD from WinXP and use it as external HD. I can access D, E, F drives without any problem. But, when I try to access my "F:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop" folder, I've got saying I do not have Access Privileges. I need those files saved on my old DESKTOP. How do I bypass this security? Thanks

Hi, You would like to take the ownership of the original disk C: Documents and Settings\User\Desktop (current disk F: Documents and Settings\User\Desktop). Please refer to this. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753659.aspx Kim Zhou TechNet Community Support

Hi Kim, Yes. I have done before but still getting the same error! What about this? Under Effective Permissions? I changed it to my name, but was gray out!

Hi, You may try to insert the external hard disk into another machine which is installed Windows XP and test if we can access it. As the Desktop is the system folder, I suspect the issue may be related to the conflict between the XP and Windows 7.Kim Zhou TechNet Community Support

Hi, You may try to insert the external hard disk into another machine which is installed Windows XP and test if we can access it. As the Desktop is the system folder, I suspect the issue may be related to the conflict between the XP and Windows 7.Kim Zhou TechNet Community Support