Copying Contents of non-native HDD

[faint545]

i have two hdds. the one i need to pull data off of still has an OS on it and stuff but the computer it used to be in doesn't work and i know that the hdd i need will not work in this computer because the MB & chipsets are different. so how do i get the data off of the HDD i need and transfer it to this current computer? i tried just plugging it into this PC but when i go to open the drive, all of the files and stuff are read only and i tried changing that but it was a no go.

[LeftyAce]

First, I gather you attached the "old" drive as a slave on the working computer? Can't you copy and paste read only files off of it? What is it formatted as?

[faint545]

yeah i did that and it doesnt work cuz the files are read only and u cant change the attributes of the files.. an error comes up when u do.. its formatted as NTFS.

[iwinulose]

What exactly is the error message you're getting? What opperating system did the old computer use?

Windows XP has a built in encryption. If you enable it, certain accounts "own" certain files. You can remove this by following the instructions <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421">here</a>.

[pam123]

Sounds like you need this : http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

[glc]

Same link, Pam.