Accessing old harddrive from an XP os in Vista

Hi-

I my old computer's motherboard burned out, and I got a new computer with a Vista OS, I want to access the old harddrive which is from an XP OS. When I try to open the files i get the message 'we cannot open the file; user does not have access privileges'

I have seen a number of articles on how to change privileges if you are using an XP. But none if you are using a Vista. I am sure it is probably really easy to do. But so far I am unable to access the harddrive.

Any suggestions is very much appreciated.

Thank you,
Cheng

 

http://www.tipandtrick.net/2008/how...ol-permissions-of-files-and-folders-in-vista/
Or copy and paste this into notepad if you want a quick and easy way:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas]
@="Take Ownership"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]
@="Take Ownership"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t"

and save it as Takeownership.reg . Right click on it and select Merge. You will then have the option to right click on a file and take ownership of it.

Should you want to remove that option from your context menu, copy and paste this into notepad and save it as Removeownership.reg . Right click and select Merge and it will remove the Take Ownership option.

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]