file access help

Hi guys

My laptop harddrive fails to load up vista and there are some ver
important items of coursework on my desktop that I stupidly forgot t
back up

So I remove my laptop harddrive and plug it into my desktop as
secondary harddrive and lo and behold I can access my music and picture
etc. However, the important files that I need are still on the desktop
I can get into the users folder on the laptop drive however whenever
try to access my username to get to my desktop I get the following erro
"you don't currently have permission to access this folder". Now I kno
my password for my user profile on my laptop and I assume this is th
reason I am being denied access as I need to unlock it however there i
no option to put a password in

It then tells me to click continue to get access to this folder howeve
nothing happens. I have tried to alter security permissions as pe
another thread I've been reading and have also tried to follow the step
detailed in the following thread
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-securi...ss-folders.htm
however all to no avail (although I may not be following the step
correctly

I am pretty sure the laptop harddrive is on the way out as it freeze
on CHKDSK and the fact vista wont load - so would like to recover thes
files before it completely bites the dust

Any help will be greatly appreciated. If you need more info, please le
me know

Thank yo

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2frustrated