[Solved] CANNOT access old hard-drive documents!!!

I recently transferred my old hard rive to my new computer. The hard-drive picks up and I can access the the hard-drive until I click on documents< owner. It says access denied. I go to the security tab and all I see is "you do not have permission to view or edit this objects permission settings". How can I access my old documents?

Sign on to an account with administrative privileges, then go into the security settings and:

1) Take ownership of the folder and all its contents, and
2) Set the admin account to have "full control" access to the folder and all its contents

You have to do both steps, and you have to do them in that order.

You need to be signed on to an account with administrative privileges.

Usually if the file is made under system admin account, you won't be able to open the file and another condition is that the file is protected and has been encrypted.