Repair Re-install Goof Up?- Need Help

From: Jims Place (JimsPlace_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:43:01 -0700

XP Pro. Have 2 hard drive system. Documents and Settings file kept on 2nd drive. Partion also on 2nd drive for backups. Some files and folders kept on 1st hard drive (C).
Did "repair" of system with CD, due to sluggish operation. (afte backup to D on 2nd drive) It did a reinstall! Nothing left on C drive. Now, all my files on D and E drive can be navigated to but back up cannot be restored. Says backup device not found. Cannot recover and use any of the files. Many times told they cannot be read. extension .pvaa was added.

In file permissions I see UNKNOWN_ACCOUNT followed by a string of numbers. Is that my old sid? Can it be used to restore these files and settings? Hope someone has a workaround or fix for this so I can recover these files in useable form. 

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