Laptop hard drive data retrieval

[rhonda66]

The hard drive on my Toshiba laptop died so I bought another one and installed it and also bought an enclosure case to get the data off the bad hard drive, so I hooked it up by usb and it will recognize it but will not display in My Computer folder and when I try to access it it locks everything up.
Any one have any ideas how to get my data off this thing???
Desparate

 

[rvnguy]

You might find that you have to take ownership of the files if on XP. See the steps

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

Hope this Helps

rvnguy
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