Re: XP Crash Corrected/Reinstalled Except....

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From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:08:33 -0800

Temprock@hotmail.com wrote:

> I did a parallel reinstall after the crash--did not overwrite or
> reformat anything--but I'm getting an "Access is Denied" message when
> I try to reconnect with my (approx) 500 important WORD docs in the
> "old" My Document Folder.
>
> Everything else has been successfully reaccessed and/or reinstalled.
> Searches by name of clients come up empty though I know their
> correspondence was in the "old" My Documents folder.
>
> Another possibly relevant fact: when I did the parallel reinstall of
> XP I was asked to "name" my computer (it is the same old Dell
> Dimension) but I gave this computer a "new" name after the reinstall
> than the one used 2 years ago.
>
> Are these Administrator/Security issues or were these most important
> folder/files the ONLY one "lost" after the reinstall? Is there a way
> to get these Word docs associated with everything else on the
> reinstalled XP? They are the most crucial.
>
You simply 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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