Access password protected profile on old drive

[Guest]

Hi all;
My motherboard crashed and it was better to get a new computer. I've taken
my old HD and turned it into an extrenal HD so that I can transfer my old
files. But when I go to get into my profile I can't get access. I think it
is because I had it password protected. But I can get into the other user
profiles no problem. Am I right? And, if I am, how do I get into it?
Thanks for the help.
MW

 

[Shenan Stanley]

My motherboard crashed and it was better to get a new computer.
I've taken my old HD and turned it into an extrenal HD so that I
can transfer my old files. But when I go to get into my profile I
can't get access. I think it is because I had it password
protected. But I can get into the other user profiles no problem.
Am I right? And, if I am, how do I get into it? Thanks for the help.

It's a matter of file and folder permissions.
It can be because they were marked "private" - or just because that is the
way the file and permissions were allowed to properly be set.

Important information was left out.
You are getting a message aren't you?
Would it be "access denied"?

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

How to disable simplified sharing & set permissions
on a shared folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874

A google search for the exact "error" message and the operating system in
question would have returned... many many hits.