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copying documents and settings permissions

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  • 02-02-2008 12:53am
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    Tar.Aldarion
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    My laptop won't turn on so I need to copy documents and settings to my external hdd. I have connected my hard drive to another computer using a USB adapter to recover my documents. Although I could copy the Shared Documents under Documents and Settings, Windows will not allow me to copy protected users' document files under Documents. Is there a work around for this?


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    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    You should be able to take ownership of the Docs folder from the security tab of the folder properties dialog


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    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    How?:)


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    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Assuming XP


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    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    How?:)


    He told you in his first post....


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    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    He edited it.

    Also, I couldn't do it that way but thanks. Can't go into safe mode on the machine I was on. I used linux to get it in the end.


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