Old access portable hard drive which had the windows user password

My old laptop's motherboard is fried.  I took the hard drive and put in the case of the speaker.  want to access the files on the old hard drive but it was password protected.  How can I get rid of this password or be able to access the hard disk?  Thank you

You can't install a program on the old hard drive to the new hard drive and expect it to work. You must install the program on your new computer and open the data from there. It does not matter that the old installation of Windows has been protected by. It also does not matter if you have UAC enabled for the old installation of Windows or not. The only place it's important is the new installation of Windows which you are working. If you still do not have the data , you need - not the programs - within your new installation of Windows, start the new computer with a Live Linux CD (Knoppix or Ubuntu) and copy the data to your new hard drive. Linux will not honor Windows permissions.

If you still cannot understand this, consider the computer and the drive to a local professional reputable (not a type of BigComputerStore/GeekSquad of the place). They will be able to get your data easily.

MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

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