Retrieving Information from a Hard drive in XP

[mmacmonagle]

Windows XP went haywire and wouldn't let me boot up. I
bought a new computer with a new drive and installed my
old drive as a slave so I could retreive files and emails
and stuff like that.

When I first tried to recover stuff it told me that
access is denied to my folder. Once it asked me for the
administrator's password but wouldn't accept it when
entered. I have now had to disconnect the slave because
I get an error message about having two operating systems.

My question is: Is there a way for me to get my stuff
off the old drive?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Sharon F]

Windows XP went haywire and wouldn't let me boot up. I
bought a new computer with a new drive and installed my
old drive as a slave so I could retreive files and emails
and stuff like that.

When I first tried to recover stuff it told me that
access is denied to my folder.

If the data was not encrypted:
HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

Once it asked me for the
administrator's password but wouldn't accept it when
entered. I have now had to disconnect the slave because
I get an error message about having two operating systems.

Did you leave something out here? The second operating system should be
ignored unless you tried a few things getting to those files...