Accessing user folders on external harddrive

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?

"lee" <lee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9AFF9E16-6B34-46C7-8E03-6F5770EA2D3F@microsoft.com...
>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?
>


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