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need to access files that are password locked on old hard drive

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Re: need to access files that are password locked on old hard drive

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Sep 6th, 2004
Put your old hard drive back in your old machine, (I hope you still have it, and that you can boot with it!), then turn OFF whatever password protection you turned on, so that the files are unencrypted. Then you should be able to put the drive onto your new machine without problems.
-Idaho

Don't look at me, I am SO out of here. Bye.
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