Computer crashed, harddrive help please?

Computer A crashed, well the power supply burnt up or something (you could smell smoke). Put Computer A's harddrive into computer B which works, CA's harddrive shows up but if I click "My Document and Settings" Folder, it says access denied even though the computer was not password protected an it also says the file is empty. It shouldn't be empty and it should open. Won't even work if I go Adminstrator in SafeMode.

Answers:
Hey, its a strange one but you need to take Ownership of that hard drive - here's the microsoft how to
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421...
It doesnt work sorry
try using Computer B with only computer As hard drive in it.

If that also fails try using the power supply on B with the computer in A (dont mess with swapping them out of cases, just lead the power supply wires from B into A's components, like the motherboard and Harddrive.
Did you make the necessary connector change to make the H/D from computer A a 'slave' disc, before hooking it up in computer B?
Hello; The files that are associated directly with the Windows user account are closed for protection to outsiders, trying to get in to that account, from outside.

Try setting the hdd to primary, and booting the new computer with that hdd. Then you'll be able to acess that account. As a security feature, I generally move the "my documents" folder to another portion of the drive with the OS on it, or another physical drive altogether. For example, my "my documents" folder is actually the temp005 folder on my D drive...

I hope you find this useful!
Marcos

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