File access denied

[kwfine]

Hi all,

I got a USB HDD which contains a hundred GB data of my old PC which was running windows XP.
When I plugged this USB HDD to windows 7 and tried to copy a document from this HDD, an error message poped up, saying the file could not be accessed because I did not have the permission to do it.
The file name of the document was green in color, but for other files that I could access, their file names were black in color.
I have changed to login as administrator in windows 7 but I still could not open the document.
"File Access Denied or Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected because the file is already in use by other program or user".

Please help if you could.

Thank you

Kitty

[truenorth]

I suspect the key to why the issue is arising is due to the fact the file in question was created in XP and now it is being presented in a Win 7 environment . Presuming that so were the other 100gb of the files then as to why it is only effecting that one file will require someone with more in depth knowledge than i on the subject. However doing some research on the subject the site i am going to list seems to present an understanding of the phenomenon that is quite clear and does explain a method to access the file. So give it a look and see if it will help you and report back if you solve it or need additional assistance.
http://www.blogsdna.com/2159/how-to-take-ownership-grant-permissions-to-access-files-folder-in-windows-7.htm
truenorth

[Allan]

Try taking ownership - let's see if that helps
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/

[truenorth]

Yes that is what my link offers as well,truenorth