Re: Documents and Settings\User Problem

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From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (mrxp2004_at_nospamyahoo.com)
Date: 05/26/04 

Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 21:13:32 -0500

This article describes how to take ownership of a file or folder
to which you have been denied access:

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&Product=winxp 

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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"Dana DeLouis" <delouis@bellsouth.net> wrote in message:
 news:%23hVVyxrQEHA.2468@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| Hello.  I backed up my C drive recently to an external Hard Drive.
| 
| Specifically, the folder
|  C:\Documents and Settings\User
| 
| This is the only account I have on the computer.
| 
| I can not access this folder anymore, and it has 100's of important files.
| I just realized I can not access these files on the external hard drive
| either.
| 
| Both give me a "Access is Denied" message.
| 
| Why can't I access the files on the Hard Drive?
| 
| How can I access these files from the external hard drive to restore them to
|  C:\Documents and Settings\User ?
| 
| When this folder gets saved, is there a code I must use to access the files?
| When I do a clean install of the computer, the computer will have a new
| Administrator file.  Will I definitely not be able to access the files on
| the External hard drive then?
| 
| Thank you very much for any help.
| 
| I am really mad at not being able to access the files that I have backed up.
| Sounds like a big problem.  I hate Microsofts kb articles that make it sound
| like
|  C:\Documents and Settings\User is just an ordinary file that is easy to
| backup and restore.
| 
| TIA.
| Dana

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