I have WinXP-Home edition and just installed a new HD and formatted NTFS, previously I still have been working with FAT32. I am the only user and am computer administrator. I am being denied access to a folder. (System Volume Info). I know not to mess with the folder but wish to have full access to everything on the computer. Since there is no permissions in XP-Home, what must I do to have access to all folders and sumfolders. I have enabled "view-access to hidden and system folders. Thank you1 person got this answerI do too

See if the following procedure helps. Restart your computer and boot into Safe Mode. Log on with an account that's a computer administrator. Right click on the System Volume Information folder and select Properties from the menu. On the SVI folder's properties sheet, click on the Security tab. On the Security page you should see that System has Full Control permissions. What you want to do is add the Administrators group to this list and give them Full Control of the folder. To do that you first click on the Add button. This should launch the Select Users or Groups dialog. In Select Users or Groups, click on the Advanced button. Click on the Find Now button in the expanded Select Users or Groups dialog. You should now see a list of users and groups in the box at the bottom of the dialog. Click on the second entry, Administrators, and hit the OK button. Note: You can click on your user account instead if you want as long as it's a computer administrator. Click OK again to return to the SVI properties sheet. You should now see Administrators added to the list on the Security page. Click on Full Control in the permissions box. Click OK. Restart your computer and boot into normal mode. See if you now can access the System Volume Information folder. Another community answer from the Windows XP newsgroups