Entering document and setting folders of non-boot disk...

From: Chris Reece (smuj_at_cfl.rr.com)
Date: 07/22/04


Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:22:56 -0700


this link explains what to do!

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

>-----Original Message-----
>My hard drive quit being able to boot, so I got a new
hard
>drive and loaded windows... I am able to view the old
>hard drive as another drive and am able to access all the
>files on it excpet most importantly the administrator and
>my personal document and settings folders, probably
>because they are password protected when I used that disk
>as my boot disk... so I want to know how I can let the
>computer know that I know all the passwords and that I
>need to get into those folders and get the data....
>
>Any suggestions appreciated...
>
>Adam
>
>
>.
>



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