Accessing Files

[ME2U]

I'm trying to rescue files from a laptop that crashed. I hooked up the drive to a USB external enclosure and my PC detects the drive without problem. However, when I try to open the folder for a particular user under "Documents and Settings" it refuse to open and says "access denied". I suppose this is due to NTFS security and admin password. How do I go about entering the correct password to gain access of the files to rescue it.

By the way, it is not the USB enclosure problem since I have tried two different onces and both reports the same problem. I can open other folder and files without problem.

Thanks in advance.

[Ge0ph]

You need to take ownership of the folder. It's under properites and then security.

If the files were encrypted you'll probably never get them back.

[ME2U]

That worked! Thanks!

I can now access the folder and files.