Windows Vista accessing old docs on xp hd via a usb caddy

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Hi all, sorry for yet another of these questions but I've been searching
forever to no avail. My old pc died so i took the IDE HD out and binned the
pc. I bought a new PC which has a Sata drive in it. I then bought a usb caddy
so i could access my old files.......problem time. I can read the old HD no
probs but I cannot access my old documents. I am assuming this is because
they are hidden somewhere as I used to have it password protected on boot-up.
Can anybody help me to find and access these files please? They are mainly
Excell and Word files. Thanks in advance.
 
Re: accessing old docs on xp hd via a usb caddy


"stoporishoot" <stoporishoot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB7BE5A5-753B-43C4-B26A-DD377789EF65@microsoft.com...
> Hi all, sorry for yet another of these questions but I've been searching
> forever to no avail. My old pc died so i took the IDE HD out and binned
the
> pc. I bought a new PC which has a Sata drive in it. I then bought a usb
caddy
> so i could access my old files.......problem time. I can read the old HD
no
> probs but I cannot access my old documents. I am assuming this is because
> they are hidden somewhere as I used to have it password protected on
boot-up.
> Can anybody help me to find and access these files please? They are mainly
> Excell and Word files. Thanks in advance.


you may need to take ownership of the folders that data were in

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
 
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