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I recently purchased a new system with Vista Ultimate pre-installed, so I thought I give vista a shot. &nbsp;My old PC was running XP Pro and using NTFS-all of my data was located on a secondary hard drive. &nbsp;I've connected the second drive to my Vista PC and I can see files and folders on the secondary drive, however, I am unable to move, copy or view any of the documents-I constantly receive access denied errors. &nbsp;I can however, move, copy and view files from the boot drive to the second drive without issue. &nbsp;<br />
My login account is part of &nbsp;domain admins, and I have full admin. privileges to the local system. &nbsp; I'm unable to take ownership of any files or directories on the secondary drive. &nbsp;<br />
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Is there a “Vista” way of taking ownership of my older XP files?<br />

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I recently purchased a new system with Vista Ultimate pre-installed, so I thought I give vista a shot.  My old PC was running XP Pro and using NTFS-all of my data was located on a secondary hard drive.  I've connected the second drive to my Vista PC and I can see files and folders on the secondary drive, however, I am unable to move, copy or view any of the documents-I constantly receive access denied errors.  I can however, move, copy and view files from the boot drive to the second drive without issue.  
My login account is part of  domain admins, and I have full admin. privileges to the local system.   I'm unable to take ownership of any files or directories on the secondary drive.  

Is there a “Vista” way of taking ownership of my older XP files?


Unable to take ownership of directories in Vista

Windows Vista is an operating system created by Microsoft as the successor to Windows XP. It was intended for PCs, workstations and laptops, and shares the same code base as its successor, Windows 7. New features included an updated graphical user interface (GUI) and visual style dubbed Aero, a new search component called Windows Search, redesigned networking, audio, print and display subsystems, and new multimedia tools. Vista aimed to increase the level of communication between machines on a home network, using peer-to-peer technology to simplify sharing files and media between computers and devices. Windows Vista included version 3.0 of the .NET Framework, allowing software developers to write applications without traditional Windows APIs.

Windows Vista

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