Windows 10: How to recover password protected data from XP vista to windows 11

HI Experts,I have transfered some files and folders to my external HDD from my old computer OS XP vista which was password proteced using CMD prompt. The old HDD crashed and bought a new computer OS windows 11. Now I am not able to open any of the transfered files and videos which is in my ext HDD. it throws a pop up which says " Windows Script Host: Loading Script: Failed Access is denied and for some file it says " Windows cannot acces the specified device,Path, or file. you may not have the appropriate permission to access the item". All files have a lock symbol on its icon. please l

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XP / Vista Duel Boot

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/...-boot-windows-xp-and-windows-vista-179906.php

that is a complete step by step guide.

Hope that helps

 

Forgot Windows Vista Password

I recently set a password for Windows Vista, but after a while I seem to have forgotten it. Now I'm locked out of my computer. *Frown

How can I recover/remove my password?

 

Password Protecting Sensitive Data

If you use bitlocker to encrypt the folder then it uses your Windows credentials to unlock the certificate store and allow you access to the folder. This means that they have to know your Windows password to log into Windows to gain access to the folder. Also, if they use one of those 3rd party password reset tools to change or reset your password the certificate store will reject the new credentials and not allow access to the folder. The same goes if they try to put the drive in another computer, there would be no way for them to read the encrypted folder. The only way this method would fail would be if you left your computer on and logged in, and someone walked up to it and started using it.

As for an encrypted Zip file using 7-zip, there is no way to access the data in the file without the password.