How can I save my laptop hdd?

Hi, I've come to this forum before with a problem or two and never have you let me down!

But this one is maybe a little interesting:b


I have a laptop hard drive which is heavely infected by god knows what, connected to my school computer via a usb adaptor.

My laptop had account password on it before it died and becuase of that I can't access "my documents"! (noob mistake I've been told..)

I found this page http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421 that guides me around that problem, but not being my computer, I don't have administration rights..

Is it possible to access "my documents" that is protected by account password on an external drive without being admin?

And, is there a way to safely transfere music, movies and pictures from the infected drive, without any viruses coming along (can viruses spread from a usb drive without me touching them)?

Thanks in advance. Jan.

You have to get on a PC where you are ADMIN so you can take ownership of the files but scan your drive with antivirus first

okay, I have to borrow a computer then.
Any way I can insure the owner that my hard drive wont infect his computer?

Nope not really considering you have no idea what it's infected with. The chances are small however

Or you can download BitDefender rescue CD for free. It loads a live linux CD and automatically downloads virus definitions and scans your hard drive for viruses.

http://download.bitdefender.com/rescue_cd/