I've slaved a Maxtor 6Y120L0 120gig to a WD 40g so that I can transfer some files. Both are NTFS. Files that are not in the username 'steve' on the 120 are easily brought over but the ones in 'steve' are 'access denied'. I've tried 'allow sharing', unencrypting, searched on this forum, windows search and troubleshoot but nothing fixes it. If i run a search on the folder 'steve' it shows that the files are there. Any suggestions or help would be awesome, I have 5 days to do this! Thanks, Steve Munro

First open any folder click tool's ; view ; last option down is simple file sharing un check this box ; now accept all changes and close all windows Now go to the offending file and right click on it You now have a new option SECURITY click that tab Select properties Select the security tab on the properties sheet. Now select advanced Now select owner Change owner to and if their are sub directories then check the box on the bottom of the window and take ownership of those also accept all changes you should now be able to open those folders

Sorry messed up a bit typing First open any folder click tool's ; view ; last option down is simple file sharing un check this box ; now accept all changes and close all windows Now go to the offending file and right click on it select properties You now have a new option SECURITY click that tab Now select advanced Now select owner Change owner to and if their are sub directories then check the box on the bottom of the window and take ownership of those also accept all changes you should now be able to open those folders

thank you very, very, very much. Worked a dream. Steve