Accessing user folders on external harddrive

[Guest lee]

I have a vista harddrive from my laptop that has failed to boot vista yet it

is still accessible through a external usb enclosure. I am trying to get at

the user\local settings folder from a different computer(XP) to get to my

Outlook 2003 datafiles.

 

Those folders are not accessible. I know the usernames and passwords for

those user accounts. How can I access these through windows explorer to be

able to copy the outlook data files to my new harddisk. I am guessing I need

to input a user and password someplace?

[Guest Gordon]

"lee" <lee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I have a vista harddrive from my laptop that has failed to boot vista yet

>it

> is still accessible through a external usb enclosure. I am trying to get

> at

> the userlocal settings folder from a different computer(XP) to get to my

> Outlook 2003 datafiles.

>

> Those folders are not accessible. I know the usernames and passwords for

> those user accounts. How can I access these through windows explorer to be

> able to copy the outlook data files to my new harddisk. I am guessing I

> need

> to input a user and password someplace?

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