You need to "take ownership" of the folder that you are locked out of. right click the folder, then "sharing and security", then security tab.
PS you will need to turn off "simple file sharing" first.
Thanks buddy I'll give that a shotyes - back in XP - you will need to go through the above routine
rod
Let me guess.. you didn't bother backing up all those "can't live without" files on the 250GB drive did ya..? That is something that I feel can't be stressed enough people (and I know I'm not alone), BACK UP YOUR FILES!!! or DON"T USE BETA SOFTWARE!! Also if your not that familiar with installing OS's in general than I'd suggest not doing it yourself, or at least research how to do it and what precautions to take BEFORE doing it..You'll end up with far less problems if you take the time to research such things first...
Thanks for your tip rodsoft, but I actually managed to solve it even before I put XP back on, I went into the permissions for the folder on the drive (not the drive itself) and only my user was in the list, so I manually added "users" and "administrator" to that list and hey presto - full access via XP. Cheers for the tip though, I shall remember that for future endeavours.yes - back in XP - you will need to go through the above routine
rod
Yeah I suppose you're right. Oh well, everything is sorted now! So cheers for your help guys.@ Meltbrain
I agree that 250GB's is alot of DVD's to burn BUT if you made backups consistantly, as is recommended, it wouldn't be near as much of a "hassle"...