Re: Old Documents File, Access Denied, How to Force Through?
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HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;811151
Copy User Data to a New User Profile
Hope these links assist you in recovering your old files.
"Cam" <humble_potato@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> A system file was corrupted and I was forced to re-
> install windows. My old user account had a password on
> it, and the files were private. Now I am unable to
> access this profile, and when I attempt to copy the
> folder into my new documents and settings folder it will
> not let me. I have many files and documents in there I
> would like, and I was wondering how to access the folder
> from the administrators account.
>
> Also, I have attempted to use system restore, but I do
> not know where the information is located. I still have
> my windows directory intact from before on my D:, but
> when i do system restore on C: it only has information
> from the date windows was re-installed. I don't know
> what information to copy over to the C: from D: to bring
> back my old system restore log, if that would work.
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