PC help asap!

[orangecounty1 10+ year member]

ok heres the deal. i have a dell inspiron 5100 laptop. like 6 months ago, for whatever reason, the picture goes out. i try and hook it to an external monitor, nothing on that.

it does turn on though.

ive since, built a new desktop. really i dont care about the laptop nor the data on the hard drive, but i would like to see what i had on that hard drive (mostly songs, etc) and just get them to my new PC.

well i have the laptop hard drive hooked to my pc via a 2.5" ide adapter wire, my computer sees the drive as Drive E. i can click it, it shows docs & settings, program files, WINDOWS folder, etc.

problem is, i cant access the stuff i want. i simply had folders with all my songs/pics/files in them, on the desktop. i go into docs and settings on Drive E, and click my user name folder, but it wont let me get in it. is it becuase my user profile on the laptop is password protected?

is there ANY way to get this info? ive searched, nothing comes up..becuase its all under my user folder, which wont let me access it, becuase its read only, becuase its password protected, im assuming.

what can i do?

is there any way i can boot from this, or no, becuase it has the drivers from the dell installed?

any help is greatly appreciated.

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[Jmac 10+ year member]

Log in as the administrator, access the folder/drive properties, and add yourself in the permissions sections to read, modify, etc. (don't forget to include sub-folders as well).

 

[orangecounty1 10+ year member]

im confused. how can i log in when i can only click the drive E in my computer? i cant boot from the laptop hard drive...and no video on the laptop....

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

im confused. how can i log in when i can only click the drive E in my computer? i cant boot from the laptop hard drive...and no video on the laptop....

On the desktop computer that you have the laptop drive hooked up to, log into Safe Mode (Hit F8 before Windows loads, select Safe Mode with Networking), log in as the administrator, add your user account to the list of users (if not already there) and then give yourself permission (full control) of the drive. You should now be able to read, modify, transfer, etc. any files/folders you want on the drive.