Moving drive to new computer - file access

Hi,

A friend of mine had a problem with his computer, Windows could not start.
When visiting his house I tried repairing Windows by using the restore CD
that came with PC, but got message that some files could not be found.
Gave up and suggested my friend try to move HD to another PC with Win XP, as
a secondary or a slave drive.
He says he did and the drive was recognized OK.
The original PC had several users, and now he say he can't see any of the
files for the other users.
Does anyone know any reason why this should happen?
As far as I know, you should be able to see all the files when using Windows
Explorer, but you can not edit any files belonging to a different user.
I am not sure what the effect is on moving HD to anothe PC, even if userid
is the same.
Any help on ths would be appreciated. It is hard to debug a problem like
this via Email.

Ragnar


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