How to allow access to HD that was used with a differnt computer

[Guest]

ok the problem is this. I had an old computer which has my user account
password protected as well as my files (it was a shared computer) After
purchasing my new computer, i put my old HD into it, and them proceded to
clear all the windows system files off my old HD. The problem is that i
forgot that i had a few files i needed in my secured files, and could no
longer acess them running a different version of windows. Is there anyway
that i could "unlock" these files?

 

[Guest]

ok the problem is this. I had an old computer which has my user account
password protected as well as my files (it was a shared computer) After
purchasing my new computer, i put my old HD into it, and them proceded to
clear all the windows system files off my old HD. The problem is that i
forgot that i had a few files i needed in my secured files, and could no
longer acess them running a different version of windows. Is there anyway
that i could "unlock" these files?

Define 'Secured'. Are the files encrypted using EFS, or just protected using
NTFS permissions?