Missing Files on old drive...help

[Sirrush21]

I built my own PC (using the guides on this sight) from the ground up. I later installed my old hard drive to retrieve files from it however I am denied access to my files. Not all but most. I have used directory snoop and it shows me my old files but I can't put them on my new drive. I also used pcinspector but it doesn't show me file names mostly just cluster numbers. Any help getting my old files or using these programs to recover them would be helpful.

[rjfvillarosa]

What operating system is on your new drive and what operating system was on the old drive? or if it was a slave what operating system was used to store them?

[pam123]

See if this applies to you : http://pcsupport.about.com/od/pcrepair/a/reclaimfolder.htm

[Sirrush21]

Yeah that fixed it. Thanks alot because I was thinking I was going to have to spend money on data recovery. Again thanks alot for the help!
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