Re: cant open or delete my documents

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 10/07/04 

Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:36:02 -0700

Sean wrote:

> it started whit a sys file crash so I installed another
> xp and erazed the old one.Tha problem is that when I try
> to open my dokuments it says that I dont have accrss to
> it. I had a login on the old xp so I cant open it and the
> mapp is empty...but everything in that map is still on
> hard drive...so how can I open it or eraze all that was
> in it

You need to take ownership of the files:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421 - HOW TO: Take Ownership of a
File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]

Malke 

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