Inaccessible folders on hard drive. Need to reach them

[wan2no]

hi,

i had installed a hard drive i had in my old pc into my new one, setting the old one as a secondary drive. the newer pc is a generic. Every time i am trying to access certain folders it is telling that i have to format the drive. within these folders i have some files i would like to obtain.

What is the problem? How will solve this problem?

[guns1inger]

Only certain folders, or anything on the drive ?

[wan2no]

only certain folders

[guns1inger]

What, exactly, is the wording of the error message ?

[mogoyon]

You have to "take ownership" of folder. Look in microsoft forums on how to do that.

[wan2no]

no error message. every time i double click on the folder it asks if i want to format the drive.

[ranchhand]

If you have corruption in the file system, use Knoppix 5.1.1 to enter your drive and drag & drop the folders onto a flash drive, or even onto your new drive.