Desktop Accessibility

After updating a graphic card, I recently experienced a blue screen error that forced me to purchase a new hard disk.

However, my old hard disk had some stuff on the desktop that I want to access. I have linked the old drive to the new one and I can see some stuff-but the place where I stored my work (on the desktop of the old drive) is not accessible. I always get an error such as: “F:\Documents and Settings\COMPUTER NAME\Desktop is not accessible” and “Access is denied.”

Can anyone help me with a work around to get into the desktop to retrieve my stuff from the old desktop?