So I had a locked and encrypted text file on my hard drive when I used Win XP Pro. Recently I had to reinstall Win XP Pro over itself, and now I can't access the file, even with admin power. Presumably, if I boot up the old Win XP Pro OS, I can access it, but the drivers always fail to load. So I have two options:

1. Somehow replace the failing drivers on the old XP Pro (which should have been done already in the reinstall but is just not happening).

2. Hack into the new XP Pro to take over the old administrator's alias, and then record the data that way.

I don't know how to do either (or think of a third solution). Please help. Thanks.