how to access the administrator folder on external hard drive?

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curious cubicle

hi all, my laptop died and (i think i fried the motherboard) and i
desperately need to rescue some docs from my hard drive. i bought a
cheap external hard drive case and installed my laptop hdd so i can
hook it up to a friend's computer and hopefully save my docs.
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i can open up my hard drive and have access to certain parts, like the
program files, etc... but what i need are docs that i kept in "My
Documents" folder and on my desktop. The only way (i think) i can get
access to them is through f:\documents and settings\administrator
folder. however, when i try to open the administrator folder, an error
message pops up with: "f:\documents and settings\administrator is not
accessible. Access is denied."

i had password on my welcome screen for window xp does that matter? i
haven't been prompted to enter this either.

what sucks is that i can access f:\documents and settings\guest and see
guest docs, but that's not what i need. Can u help?

I've tried changing the read-only setting & sharing the folder (i read
the article on "taking ownership") but no success. thanks!!!
 

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