locked xp user folder on old installation

[34534534534555]

Hello,

Firstly, apologies for the somewhat indescriptive 'title'.

I have an XP installation on one HDD, which failed, so i installed XP and changed the boot to my other drive.. i needed it up in a hurry, now, i need access to my old files in my 'my documents' folder, which, when i try to open says "F:\...\ is not accessible. Access is denied" this must be because on the old installation my account was password protected!

Q: How do i open up this folder so i can get to my files??

TIA.


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[smah]

You'll probably need to take ownership of the entire drive. See

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

and also XP's Help & Support.

 

[34534534534555]

Hello smah thanks for your reply. I just found out how to do it, using the following!

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=307874

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

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