Bad hard drive?

[bjb21]

Hello,

I have a computer that I believe was victim to a power surge. When I boot the computer it goes to the screen asking if I would like to boot windows in safe mode safe mode with networking, etc. when I make my selection it freezes. So I pulled the hard drive and hooked it up external to another computer with usb to saga cables. I am able to get to the root of the drive but when I go into documents and settings and choose user I get access denied and it says the folder is empty. I am able to access another user folder that is on the hard drive though. Am I out of luck or does anyone have advice for me?

Thanks,
Bjb21

 

[TerryNet]

Run disk check or other diagnostics on it.

 

[bjb21]

I am running a check disk on it now

 

[DaveBurnett]

You won't be allowed to access the private data on that drive from another machine since you don't "own" it.
You must be an administrator and take ownership.

 

[managed]

This is an easy way to 'take ownership' :- http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/wind...ership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/