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My laptop, running windows XP Pro has crashed (motherboard problems due to a
power surge). I have saved the HDD, placed it in a case and tried to
transfer to my new computer. ISSUE: I cannot read my documents because I had
my user account password protrected (I know the password). Is there a way to
view and transfer my files to the new computer? Thank you.
 
jayst said:
My laptop, running windows XP Pro has crashed (motherboard problems due to
a
power surge). I have saved the HDD, placed it in a case and tried to
transfer to my new computer. ISSUE: I cannot read my documents because I
had
my user account password protrected (I know the password). Is there a way
to
view and transfer my files to the new computer? Thank you.
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Assuming you didn't encrypt the documents, just take ownership of the files.

Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? -
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm

Malke
 
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