Re: Deleted Users

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From: Rock (rock_at_comcast.nospam.net)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:22:27 -0700

jer wrote:

> I'm having the same problem, only thing is that my computer crashed so i had
> to reinstall Windows along with everything else, so I have no previous system
> restore points available. I am familiar with the setting in Windows which
> assigns each user account a unique identifier that cannot be duplicated even
> if you create a new account of the same name. The problem is that I have
> about 8 gigs of music and movies on my hard drive which i cannot access or
> delete. When I go to the "Documents and Settings" folder, Windows tells me
> that the old account is inaccessible, so I have no way of getting to any of
> those files.
> My question is, is there any way to bypass this and at least delete these
> files?
>
> "Li'l Roberto" wrote:
>
>
>>"WildCat" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>news:24f7001c46071$37aa38d0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Is there a way to restore a deleted user account and the
>>>contents of it (documents) in Windows XP? If so, how?
>>
>>
>>Try using system restore to a date when the other user account existed.
>>
>>rgds
>>Li'l Roberto
>>
>>
>>

You need to take ownership of the files. See this link or in Help and
Support type ownership:

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

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