xp security permission problem

hey,

from the start:

i have a laptop and it was sent off for repairs. i took out the hard
drive before sending it off as i told them i need the files for work.
so, i then connected it to an external drive holder which was acessible
via my desktop pc. when trying to access my files in document and
settings, it says access denied, i then click the security tab of the
whole user (called ktp) folder and replaced ownership and replaced
everything. from this time onwards, i could view everyhthing in this
users folder. there was no problems untill i got my repaired laptop
back from the engineer.

i then placed the hard drive back in to my laptop and started the
computer, it worked fine. i logged in xp using my required username and
password but it never loaded my original desktop and settings, it just
seemed like it created a new user account and never used my original
account.

i checked the user account folder in documents and settings and it
displayed the original user which was 'ktp' user and also a new folder
which was named exactly as the original (ktp) but had a hyphon and the
name of the actual computer, so it displayed this (ktp-sneccie).

i know i changed ownership to view the files on my desktop temporary
but how do i change it so that i can use my original ktp documents and
desktop, i.e my old desktop wall paper, icons, documents/files?

thanks in advance and appreciate any help given and sorry for the long
story.

dean


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