Windows 7 security, permissions, administrative user accounts, access

My old computer does not start and it was recommended to me to buy a drive external hard drive enclosure, I did.  I put the old hard drive in the enclosure and connected to my laptop.  The laptop added drivers, no problem; However, when I tried to access the drive, I have no access.  I bought the laptop as an obsolete prior to a rental store and removed as an administrator.  I'm the only user and administrator privileges assigned to myself but continue to have access problems.  I tried to change the permissions to grant me the property nothing helps.  Help, please!  I'm in the middle of a very important project and all my data is on the hard drive that I'm trying to access.  I look forward to your reply.

You may need to take possession of your records - see here:
http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7network/thread/24bdf172-2DBC-43b8-995d-a99b6a81413c/

You back up your files after the event: you should consider this incident as a warning shot. Regularly backing up files is not just for wimps. Tough gals lose files too and you is maybe not so lucky next time you have a problem.

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