Re: XP Crash and lost admin access

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You're welcome. Glad to hear you've got that fixed.

Nepatsfan

Leon wrote:
> 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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