accessing different account directories

[leSLIe]

i had a problem with a virus, so i end up with windows problems; so i deleted everything but the directories that have documents from the different accounts that my pc have, then i physically removed the hard drive and put it in another pc, but now i get the "access denied" when i try to access any of those directories

Im on the administrator account and the files are not encrypted, so how can i access those files?

[mark2]

Does this page help ?

[leSLIe]

Does this page help ?

yeah well i´ve already check that out, but the problem is that there is no "security tab"

in properties.

[mark2]

Are you using XP home ?

You must be in safe mode for the security tab to be there.

In my normal account I have 3 tabs as shown

once in safe mode the sharing tab becomes a security tab

[WF Support Account]

Since you can see the drive, you need permissions to access it. You must access the drive through another drive with ntfs installed otherwise you will not get a security tab. Another reason you will not get the security tab will be because your not the default administrator. To be the default admin press cntl + alt + del twice at your logon screen to get to the old logon then as a username use "administrator" with probably a blank password or your admin pass. You must be admin as far as I know and you must have the correct password and a valid account on the drive.