Re: SP2 Crash/Re-Install on new HD. How do I access the files in my old profile?
From: neil (neilp_67_at_hot_mail.com)
Date: 09/08/04
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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 22:09:54 GMT
You need to "Take Ownership" of the folder. If you use the windows "Help &
Support" and search for take ownership that should give you the info you
need.
Neil
"mjc" <mike@spdesign.net> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
> Last week I attempted to Install Windows XP on my home computer. It failed
> three times but didn't seem to do any damage. Seeing as how it is such a
> large fix, a retry or two didn't seem inappropriate. However, on Saturday,
> the reinstall of the SP2 got closer than ever, but failed very close to
> completion. However, after this failure, the machine would not boot up at
> all. I just got a black screen with a mouse pointer visible.
>
> After 6-8 hours on the phone with Technical Support, the issue was still
> unresolved. Since I needed access to a working computer, I went out,
> bought
> another Hard drive and made the old hard drive a slave and transferred my
> older files over. This worked fine with the exception of the fact that on
> the old computer I had a profile called "Mike." This had my "My
> Documents"
> folder in it, as well as was the repository for all of my outlook emails
> as
> well as all of the files on my desktop. These files are absolutely crucial
> to my coursework and I can't recover them. However, when I try to open the
> folder for the Mike profile, I get an errors that says "Access Denied."
> This
> old profile was password protected but I still know the password since it
> was my own. The password is also the same as the administrator password on
> both the old and new hard drives. How can I access these files. I have
> tried
> changing the permissions many times and don't even seem to be allowed to
> do
> that even in safe mode logged in as the administrator.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
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