Hello again everyone, i had 2 computers with windows xp and DECIDED to sell one and keep the HARD drive as a slave to my remaining computer. problem has it, i had a password to log ONTO windows. so now, when i try to go into my documents and settings on the slave it says access is denied. is there ANY way i can get the information off that hard drive? any help greatly APPRECIATED!

and by the way, i saw that tech website that copied CH, thats some *censored*!Put it in as master and boot, Remove the password protection, Then put it as slave again and you should be able to access everything.it doesn't work. i set the jumpers on the hard drive to Master, and cable select but the computer keeps restarting over and over again.What Version of XP are you USING , if its XP Pro you should be able to login as administrator and Take Ownership of Files and Change the Permissions

on pro just right click on a file and goto properties, then open the security tab add a user , and give him full control

and I'm not sure how to do that on XP homeHere is what you need to know:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421Perfect, thank you much!Glad you are all fixed up.