XP file transfer

[davids]

My primary XP hard drive recently got corrupted and would not boot any more.
I purchased a new hard drive (C and reloaded XP. My old drive is now
(D. When I attempted to transfer my personal files from my old XP drive
to the new one I received "access denied" . I have a lot of files in my
personal folders on the old drive that I want to save. I tried using the
"files and transfer wizard" but the wizard references OLD and NEW computer.
My configuration is a single computer with both drives connected in master /
slave orientation. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks for any help!

 

[Peter]

I imagine if you can't boot from it, you can't access anything on it...

 

[CS]

You need to take ownership of the files first. See the MS KB
article. Use this link:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q308421

 

[Peter]

If you have an external USB enclosure youmight try hooking the drive to that
you might be able to salvage files from your old drive(?)