Solved Dual Boot - Win7 and XP - Access denied to files when booting in Win7

[guthrie007]

Hi there, hoping someone can help...

I've eventually managed to get a dual boot system going. I've installed Win7 on one hard drive and Win XP Pro on another.
I've still got to figure out how to get a dual boot menu going, but in the meantime I press the F10 key during Boot-up of the machine and I suppose its my Bios that allows me to decide which hard drive to boot from. Both boot-ups in either XP or Win7work fine.

However, when I boot in Win7 I can't seem to save files that I have edited i.e. I can open up the file and make chnages, but as soon as I try to save and replace, I get an access denied message, although I've got admin rights. However on some drives I can edit without a problem. Even on the same drive, for example the c: drive, I can edit and save files in the My docyments folder, but can for example not edit and save files in the Program Files (x86) folder on the same drive ....

If I boot in XP, this problem does not occur and all files are accessbile and can be edited and saved ...

Any ideas? Any help would be extremely appreciated ...

 

[Gator]

You need to share your files/folders.

Troubleshoot "access denied" when opening files or folders

 

[guthrie007]

Thanks a million mhansen1 ... it worked ... although I don't quite understand why, but what the heck it works ...

Again, I'm in your debt

 

[Gator]

Thanks a million mhansen1 ... it worked ... although I don't quite understand why, but what the heck it works ...

Again, I'm in your debt

Without boring you with lots details and tech jargon, you were trying to share files between two different operating systems. Windows has security features to protect someone from using and editing your files unless you share them.