Hi everyone,
this question has probally been asked so many times before (so apologies in advance) but I'm having trouble locating a specific answer for this specific issue. My old PC crashed before I could log on, after going to black, moniter said no signal. I removed my old HDD and bought an external power supply with SATA/IDE to USB to power up and access the data on my old drive. It wasn't possible to locate internally due to IDE cable not reaching the 2nd HDD in the vacant spot (thats what the tech told me).
I've powered up the HD and plugged the USB in I can see the folders on my old drive but when attempting to access my USER folder I get the access denied warning. The thing that's confusing me is that when I hover over the folder icon it says Folder empty? Not only that but I was able to gain access to my daughters ( seperate USER account) documents folder with no trouble and transfer her photos/music, but when I look for my My Docs folder, no go! I've been into Documents & Settings user docs and it only has the standard sample photos/music that comes with XP.
I've got the feeling it's to do with the security on the USER account but can't see how to get around this and as I'm using it via USB the XP operating system for the old HD won't boot up to show me the start menu to access My Docs etc. Can anyone here please guide me in the right direction to help solve this issue as I'm desperate to get my music and photos off the old drive.
Thanks
Pete
this question has probally been asked so many times before (so apologies in advance) but I'm having trouble locating a specific answer for this specific issue. My old PC crashed before I could log on, after going to black, moniter said no signal. I removed my old HDD and bought an external power supply with SATA/IDE to USB to power up and access the data on my old drive. It wasn't possible to locate internally due to IDE cable not reaching the 2nd HDD in the vacant spot (thats what the tech told me).
I've powered up the HD and plugged the USB in I can see the folders on my old drive but when attempting to access my USER folder I get the access denied warning. The thing that's confusing me is that when I hover over the folder icon it says Folder empty? Not only that but I was able to gain access to my daughters ( seperate USER account) documents folder with no trouble and transfer her photos/music, but when I look for my My Docs folder, no go! I've been into Documents & Settings user docs and it only has the standard sample photos/music that comes with XP.
I've got the feeling it's to do with the security on the USER account but can't see how to get around this and as I'm using it via USB the XP operating system for the old HD won't boot up to show me the start menu to access My Docs etc. Can anyone here please guide me in the right direction to help solve this issue as I'm desperate to get my music and photos off the old drive.
Thanks
Pete