Reclaiming My Documents and Settings folder in XP

From: coolsulphur (coolsulphur.1gghgz_at_pcbanter.net)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:10:49 +0000

Hi folks,

I installed Windows Xp Home Edition on my PC in the C: drive (Primary).
I used it for 30 days without activating it as I only intended to try it
out.

But during those 30 days, I stored a lot of important documents and
bookmarks on my Desktop and Bookmarks folders respectively. After the
30th day, Windows refused to allow access to my desktop or folder
unless I activated XP Home. Now on my friends' advice, I intended to go
in for XP Professional instead of XP Home. For fear of deleting my
'Documents and Settings' folder on the C: drive, I installed the new XP
Pro OS in my E: drive and am using the PC booting from it(E:drive/XP
Pro).

I now want to format my C: drive, install XP Pro in it and delete the
XP Pro OS from the E: drive.
But before that, I want to recover my documents from my 'Documents and
settings' folder in the original C: drive which had ran under XP Home.
But I am unable to copy or move the folder as I get the error- 'Access
denied'

During the above said problems, I was logged in as an Administrator
with full privileges and I used an account different from the User
Account whose Profile 'Documents and Settings' folder I sought to
move.

My questions are:

Will installing XP Pro over XP Home on my C: drive, delete my
'Documents and Settings' Folder under my profile?

Thankyou for your patience.

Regards,
Kenan Machado/ coolsulphur 

-- 
coolsulphur

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