my old motherboard has failed......so i brought a new one and new hard drive however when in conect the two drives up i can not get access to my old files because i had a windows password login on. i can see the drive and take things from other places but not "My Documents"

i keep getting the message "Access is denied" :confused: when i click on My Documents.

does any one know how i can get access to my old files and documents on my old drive.
Many thanks
TWB01 :)

See if this works:
How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&sd=tech)