Old Hard Drive Data -> New Computer

[Clark.MichaelP]

Hello. My previous computer was a laptop running Windows XP Pro, and I
now have a desktop running Windows XP Home. I bought a USB adapter for
my old laptop hard drive so that I could transfer my old data to my new
computer. I plugged in the old HD and could see all my folders, with
the exception of anything in the "Documents and Settings" folder. When
I tried to open the folder for my user name, I got an "Access denied."
message. I believe this is because I had a password on my user name,
however it does not prompt me for a password here, just denies me... I
tried booting up the computer using this drive as the boot disk and
just take the password off, however I get a blue-screen error when I
try that. Is there any way I can take off the protection on the folders
in my old HD? I just want to transfer the files over...

 

[Kerry Brown]

Hello. My previous computer was a laptop running Windows XP Pro, and I
now have a desktop running Windows XP Home. I bought a USB adapter for
my old laptop hard drive so that I could transfer my old data to my
new computer. I plugged in the old HD and could see all my folders,
with the exception of anything in the "Documents and Settings"
folder. When I tried to open the folder for my user name, I got an
"Access denied." message. I believe this is because I had a password
on my user name, however it does not prompt me for a password here,
just denies me... I tried booting up the computer using this drive as
the boot disk and just take the password off, however I get a
blue-screen error when I try that. Is there any way I can take off
the protection on the folders in my old HD? I just want to transfer
the files over...

You need to take ownership of the files.

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