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    CapCity Guest

    destination folder access denied you need permission to perform this action

    I've been able to find countless references to the above message but the
    situations do not seem to be *exactly* like mine, or the solutions presented
    did not work for the original poster.

    Here's my saga:

    I had an XP machine die on me. There were 3 physical hard drives in there,
    and there are things I want to keep from all 3. All 3 were formatted and
    populated by the XP machine. I got one of those USB enclosures. I also got a
    brand new computer a couple of days ago which is running, of course, Vista.
    My first thought was to blow away the O/S and install XP, but was convinced
    to give Vista a shot.

    I put the old XP boot disk into the enclosure and plugged it into the Vista
    machine. I was able to copy over some files from the root of the old dive,
    and one entire folder off of the root. I tried another folder off of the
    root and could not copy everything in there because of the above message.
    The message says that destination folder access is denied, which I doubted,
    as I am on an administrator account and it's just a folder, not something
    the Windows or Program Files folder. A little research led me to believe
    that it was an ownership issue on the source folder and I was able to change
    the owner to the Vista account but I still could not copy everything.

    I had the same problem when I tried to get stuff out of the "My Documents",
    "Favorites" and the like from the old XP drive, which was less surprising.
    But still frustrating. Same thing - was able to change ownership but still
    unable to copy files.

    So my questions are this:

    1 - Is there some command, or setting or something, that will allow me to
    copy/delete any file I want from these XP drives? Preferably a global one
    and not one where I have to do multiple clicks for each folder.

    2 - If I get the XP machine running again, will me changing ownership on
    those folders/files cause me any grief if these drives are put back in the
    XP machine? If so, how can that be rectified?

    Thanks for your time and any guidance!



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    Eric Bursley Guest

    Re: destination folder access denied you need permission to perform this action

    you will need to open windows explorer with elevated permissions, and take
    ownership of the files. This will then allow you to change the security
    descriptor, permitting you to copy files from it.

  3. #3
    CapCity Guest

    Re: destination folder access denied you need permission to perform this action

    Thanks for that. I understand the elevated permissions and taking ownership
    of the files.

    I am not sure how to change the security descriptor. I've searched and can
    find some references on SDDL and chkdsk problems with security descriptors,
    but not exactly how to change them. If I'm being dense, I apologize. But I'm
    afraid I need a little more help.

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    Sam Hobbs Guest

    Re: destination folder access denied you need permission to perform this action

    There was a similar question in this group recently; I know because I have
    had a similar problem transferring a hard drive from XP to Vista and I also
    forwarded the answers to my nephew because he asked about transferring a
    hard drive from system to system; I think from XP to Vista also.

  5. #5
    CapCity Guest

    Re: destination folder access denied you need permission to perform this action

    I think I found it. Will try it tonight.

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