Private folder on old HardDrive

From: Graham (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 23:40:54 -0700

Thnx for taking the time to read this. I recently bought
a new computer that came w/ Windows xp(professional).
After I bought the computer I put my OLD harddive (which
had windows xp home edition) in the NEW computer so I
could transfer folders/files, but what I am having
problems with is my user folder on the old harddrive.
You see, when I was on my old computer I had marked that
folder 'private' so no one could see what I had on my
desktop/favorites/documents. So know when I try to
access that folder I get a error:

F:\Documents and Settings\'username' is not accessible
Access is denied.

Is there a way to access those folders on the old
harddrive that were marked 'private' even when I am using
a newer version of windows xp on the new computer

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