Recover data from hard disk

[dirtydavid]

My laptop retired last week, so I have retrieved the hard drive and now want
to recover the data from it.

I have put the drive into a case and plugged it in via the usb ports on my
new machine.

There were 2 user accounts on the drive, one account I can get into and have
recovered everything.

The second user account will not allow me any access. Everything I try I get
the error message - f:\documents and settings\andies\my documents is not
accessible Access is denied.

I have tried creating a user account with the same name on the new machine -
still denied

Booted from the hard drive, still access denied.

Can anyone tell me how to get past this please?

David

 

[Daave]

My laptop retired last week, so I have retrieved the hard drive and
now want to recover the data from it.

I have put the drive into a case and plugged it in via the usb ports
on my new machine.

There were 2 user accounts on the drive, one account I can get into
and have recovered everything.

The second user account will not allow me any access. Everything I
try I get the error message - f:\documents and settings\andies\my
documents is not accessible Access is denied.

I have tried creating a user account with the same name on the new
machine - still denied

Booted from the hard drive, still access denied.

Can anyone tell me how to get past this please?

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

 

[dirtydavid]

Thanks Daave, perfect result.

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

 

[Daave]

YW. Glad it worked.

Thanks Daave, perfect result.