My laptop died and I tried to recover "hidden" documents with the hdd
on a external enclosure.they are of course not showing.If i was to
install the hdd in another laptop using the "repair" feature in xp
setup/install to adapt the drive to the second laptop will I be able
to access the "hidden"/private documents?

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>My laptop died and I tried to recover "hidden" documents with the hdd
>on a external enclosure.they are of course not showing.

Why the quotation marks around hidden?

Are they hidden or not?

To access documents from a previos installation, as long as they were not
encrypted, you need to take ownership of those files.

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

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> My laptop died and I tried to recover "hidden" documents with the hdd
> on a external enclosure.they are of course not showing.If i was to
> install the hdd in another laptop using the "repair" feature in xp
> setup/install to adapt the drive to the second laptop will I be able
> to access the "hidden"/private documents?