Accessing users on a separate drive

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I have a new xp home edition pc which has the following problem.

During the boot process it reaches the xp login screen but the mouse
and keyboard do not work so we cannot login. The mouse and keyboard
are both usb. PS2 and serial mouses do not work either. There are no
settings problems in the bios.

If I swap the harddrive with another they will both work.

What i wish to do is put the harddrive in a separate machine as a
second drive and access it from that machine. I wish to do this to
retrieve important information which has not been backed up and then I
will just return the drive to its own machine and re-install.

The users on the problem drive have set their accounts to private so I
am retrieving a do not have permission message when trying to access
their data. Is there any way I can access these users in this way
given that I do have their user names and passwords.

Any help would be appreciated.

PAP
 
PAP said:
I have a new xp home edition pc which has the following
problem.

During the boot process it reaches the xp login screen but
the mouse and keyboard do not work so we cannot login. The
mouse and keyboard are both usb. PS2 and serial mouses do
not work either. There are no settings problems in the bios.

If I swap the harddrive with another they will both work.

What i wish to do is put the harddrive in a separate machine
as a second drive and access it from that machine. I wish to
do this to retrieve important information which has not been
backed up and then I will just return the drive to its own
machine and re-install.

The users on the problem drive have set their accounts to
private so I am retrieving a do not have permission message
when trying to access their data. Is there any way I can
access these users in this way given that I do have their
user names and passwords.

Any help would be appreciated.

PAP
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You need to take ownership of the files. Take a look here for
the procedure:

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

"Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810881

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
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