I recently started using my old hard drive as a slave and would like to get all the data off so i can format it. The user data and compaq owner data folders give me access denied even though i am logged in as system administrator. Any suggestions how to get around this? Thanks.

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You haven't said what OS you have. We need to know in order to help!

oh sorry windows xp pro

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Hello, iam using Win XP Pro, with NTFS formating. I have a Folder, appears to be empty that once had some extracted files in it. It is in my Morpheus folder. Anyway, when i try to delete, rename or...
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Thanks rik that did the trick :)

No problem! :)

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