I had to do this a while ago, and what I did was run a Backup against the files, and then restore them removing the ACL. This was on xp though.
________________________________ From: N Parr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 13 January 2010 19:28 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Taking ownership of User Dir on vista hard drive I've never had issues with this before but this one has me stumped. I have a drive out of a users vista pc that died. In the past I've been able to take ownership of the users or Doc/settings dir and get the files copied off but for some reason this one won't let me. I can try to take ownership but it won't do it. Tried on an XP and Vista machine. Google is failing me, any ideas? This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. QinetiQ may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security. QinetiQ Limited (Registered in England & Wales: Company Number: 3796233) Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD http://www.qinetiq.com. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
