Hard Drive Calamity

[sappers]

Hi all , I have a sony vaio which has a user password but the computer has died. I have taken the harddrive out and fitted it into a caddy and plugged it into another computers usb socket but although it will open the hard drive I cannot access all the files on it, i.e the important ones that I need. Any thoughts?:(

[RandyL]

Since XP Pro can encrypt files I hope you didn't do that. However if you didn't do that then you probably just need to take ownership of the files and folders so you can access them.

[Dalo Harkin]

i.e the important ones that I need. Any thoughts?:(

 

What are the files that you require?

and where are they located, specifically?

[sappers]

Sorry been out. The files are word and excel files and photos etc. and are contained in the 'my documents' folder that I cant get to, probably because I had it password protected on the laptop

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Did you read Randy's post and if you did what was the outcome?

 

Did you use some kind of folder locking software at any time?

[sappers]

Hi there, back again, kids at school, computer to myself again. I followed the instructions from randy and all is well. I have managed to get access to all the files that I needed and cannot thank you all enough.:)

[RandyL]

That's fantastic sappers. We're really happy for you. Maybe next time you'll be the one helping.

 

Good luck and happy computing.