Hdd / Win XP Password lockout

[avatar12m]

i have a hard drive that won't boot into windows and a passworded username after i put the hard drive in another machine to backup my docs folder it says access denied, is there a way to access the folder to backup all my important work?

thanks

 

[ns400r]

Mmmm, welcome.

Here is the search - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/search.php?searchid=1497388

And here are two Microsoft documents on the subject.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

 

[bledd]

turn off simple file sharing,

go to the folder, right click , properties, security advanced, and take ownership of the folder and all sudfolders