Q: i was working on 2 operating system, i format first operating system, so i cant access the folder of that second operating system, how can i access that folder? the drive is NTFS, ya the folder is there, but when i try to open it, it give me error - access is denied .... the other operating system is also XP, i can't open folder of that another operating system like DESKTOP, my document etc... Dear, i was working on 2 operating system, one was one c: and second was on d:, by mistake i format that primer os which was on c: drive, so now i can't access the folder of D: drive which contain my .net program, so i want that folders .. Thankx swebs, i got result by using your second link...
A: NTFS file ownership permissions doing it's job. Here's a Microsoft KB article explaining how to assume ownership over a file: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421 Here's another explaining more about your "access denied" error: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881