Password Protection on Windows XP

[trev]

email reply from 'notifyms@microsoft, offers reply link but this will not open
Please advise which discussion group has reply
I restate basic problem ... old pc unrepairable but hard disc ok and place
in external drive(E) linked to new pc. access to files and data on E denied
as old pc had password protection on opening . How do I provide password to
access these important files.
trev

 

[Mick Murphy]

Here is the reply that was posted in vista.admin

Old PC unrepairable , old hard disk ok and now set up as E drive cant access
files as previous win xp had password entry. how do i access data on files

You'll need to take ownership of the folders/files in question. The
Knowledge Base article below refers to WinXP, but the process is the
same for Vista:

HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308421


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