Hard drives

[Guest]

My son's PC motherboard died. I installed the hard drive from it in a USB
encloseure. New we cannot get at the data on it. The userid from the dead
system is "grayed" out and will not let us get at it. What can I do to
access the data?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

My son's PC motherboard died. I installed the hard drive from it
in a USB encloseure. New we cannot get at the data on it. The
userid from the dead system is "grayed" out and will not let us get
at it. What can I do to access the data?

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

Read *carefully* - do not just skim the page and start following steps.
There is important information there dependent on the version of Windows XP