Re: XP Crash and lost admin access

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Thanks for the quick and really helpful advice. Just what I needed.
Kudos to you Nepatsfan :-)

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> Leon wrote:
> > I had a power outage and my tower shutdown, on restart it
> > wouldn't :-(
> > I used the XP disk and went to the repair console, I now
> > have a duplicate version of XP on my HD but can't access my
> > original admin files, as obviously I haven't logged in. If I
> > go in to the repair console I can view my files and can copy
> > them but the repair console doesn't allow directory or
> > wilcard copies. Tried fixmbr and bootcfg/rebuild but to no
> > avail.
> >
> > Any help on how to batch copy, or get my original xp
> > installation back (think it's already gone though). Reformat
> > is not really an option atm, but copying 100,000 files one
> > by one is not either. Batch copy would be a great option
> > just to get the files from "Documents and Settings" the
> > software is reinstallable.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
>
> To recover the old files in "Documents and Settings" you need
> to take ownership of the files. Take a look here for the
> procedure:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&sd=tech
>
> If you then decide to reinstall your software and abandon your
> original XP installation, take a look here:
>
> #20 I have two installations of XP on the same
> partition........"
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html
>
> How to remove a second installation of a Windows operating
> system from a partition
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=888023
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>
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