How do I access the administrator folder of external hard drive?

Question:

hi all, my laptop died and (i think i fried the motherboard) and i desperately need to rescue some docs from my hard drive. i bought a cheap external hard drive case and installed my laptop hdd so i can hook it up to a friend's computer and hopefully save my docs.
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i can open up my hard drive and have access to certain parts, like the program files, etc... but what i need are docs that i kept in "My Documents" folder and on my desktop. The only way (i think) i can get access to them is through f:\documents and settings\administrator folder. however, when i try to open the administrator folder, an error message pops up with: "f:\documents and settings\administrator is not accessible. Access is denied." i had password on my welcome screen for window xp does that matter?

what sucks is that i can access f:\documents and settings\guest and see guest docs, but that's not what i need. Can u help?

I've tried changing the read-only setting & sharing the folder, but no success. thanks

Answer:
I assume BOTH machines are XP Pro (required). You need the same administrator password as you had before. If your friends is XP home, I really dont think you can do it, cause its a totally different login type...but try it anyway. You have to logon in safe mode as administrator in home edition.

In the future, DONT RUN YOUR EVERY DAY ACTIVITIES USING THE ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT! Create an individual LIMITED account. It wont help you for situations like this, its just a REALLY smart thing to do.

TECH SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!...

How do I access the administrator folder of external hard drive?

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