Can anyone help me with a hard drive issue. I am transfering one hard drive to another pc, both running xp.The older hd I am trying to use as a second drive.

The hard drive will show up on the new pc but you cannot access any of the personal files: no mp3 files or mpegs/jpegs. It shows programs etc but nothing else. The old HD was the only HD in the old pc.

I had this drive in a pc which was password protected.. has this got anything to do with it? I am unable to put hard drive back into original machine, as it no longer works.

The hard drive is definately working and the files etc all 40 gig is still there, I just cant access it.

I may be missing something very obvious.....can you help?

youve got to take owner ship of the files first which version of xp are you useing xp pro or xp home. well i think thats your problem

Hey mrsb!
Welcome to PC Helpforum!

This will probably help you out:
How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP

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many thanks, will give this a try....