HDD Enclosure Problem.. Can't access/missing files

[bushysmalls]

I just purchased a HDD enclosure for my computer, SATA/IDE compatible to eSATA/USB interface.

I was able to get to some of the files no problem, mainly inconsequential system files and things like that.
When flipping through things like my old Desktop and User folders I would be forced to take control of every folder/file (EVERY SINGLE ONE) and subfolders would not be accessed with I did this. Attempted it through the Drive (F:\) itself and through subsequent subfolers yet I would still have to do it every folder I clicked on. It never granted me full rights.

What I'm mainly upset about is my inability to retrieve photos and such out of my Downloads, Desktop, etc. etc... I pulled a few pictures out of an ICQ folder no problem but the rest of the drive is missing (picture thumbnails are just a small red circle with a white outline/ X in the middle) and I'm getting a message along the lines of The File Is Missing or similar for different formats.

Now.. taking over the drive in all the ways I could figure out from google search and searching on here didn't really work. Is there any way to reconstruct this or is formatting the drive clean my only option now?

 

[arges86]

If you have a modern OS, you can try this
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/

its a registry edit. But its safe

i don't think there is anything like this for WinXP

 

[bushysmalls]

As I stated taking ownershipdidn't work.. and I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium

 

[bushysmalls]

Anyone have any idea why the files might be "missing"? Still haven't been able to figure out how to get stuff out of my User/Desktop area from the old machine.

Also hoping there's a way I can prevent this from happening with the CURRENT HDD I have in my machine when I upgrade to my next box