Cannot copy data from a HDD

Hi,

I have recently been given a PC to repair. To cut a long story short both the PSU and motherboard are blown but the hard-drive and graphics card are OK.

What I would like to do is to take a copy of the data from the HDD out of the blown PC onto another HDD. I am able to use explorer on a Windows XP Pro PC to view most but not all of its contents.

When I attempt to copy the entire HDD contents I get the following message.

"Cannot create or replace <name>: Access is denied.

Make sure the disk is not ..... "

This occurs when I try to copy the Documents and Settings directory and others too. The HDD came out of a PC that had Windows XP Home Edition installed.

I would like to recover as much of the data as possible before I format it ready for its new motherboard and fresh installation of Windows XP etc.

Can any tell me what I need to do in order to view and copy the HDD contents?

Regards BrokenPC

 

Hi PeteC,

Many thanks for the reply. I have followed your link and have successfully copied the HDD

Once again, thanks.

Regards BrokenPC

 

PeteC--OK, so I am hijacking someone's thread, but Broken PC's problem seems resolved.
My question is that when I try to take ownership of a file (or folder) per that MS link, I never am offered a Security tab when I right click the file (or folder) and then Properties. Any ideas?
I was hoping it might be a way of overcoming the "Access Denied" problem with HOSTS and ZoneAlarm discussed here.
http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=55169

I also tested right clicking|Properties on several other files and folders. Still no "Security" tab.
I run WinXP Pro SP2. (In XP Home you have to run the PC in Safe Mode to get the Security tab.) And I have Adminstrator privileges.

 

PeteC and Christer--I do run NTFS, but Simple File Sharing is checked. I will try unchecking the latter. Who would have thought...? MS makes a point of saying it recommends checking this setting.