XP Protected files after system crash

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I am using the latest version of XP Home. I was adminsitrator with a
password. I put all my personal photos in My documents folder. Then I had a
system crash. could not get the c drive to boot. So I loaded new version of
xp home on drive d and I can now see all the files on drive c. BUT, I cannot
get into the My documents folder to retrieve my photos because I am not the
logged in as the administrator for drive c. I am running from administrator
on drive d. My wife will KILL me if I cannot retrieve the family photos. Any
help would be appreciated. I avoided writing a clean version of XP onto the
drive c because I am afraid the old my documents folder will be written over
and destroyed. If I can solve this it will make a great Christmas present for
my wife. Thanks, (e-mail address removed)
 
peterchur said:
I am using the latest version of XP Home. I was adminsitrator with a
password. I put all my personal photos in My documents folder. Then I
had a system crash. could not get the c drive to boot. So I loaded new
version of xp home on drive d and I can now see all the files on drive
c. BUT, I cannot get into the My documents folder to retrieve my
photos because I am not the logged in as the administrator for drive
c.
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(snip)

Don't panic, all you need to do is take ownership of the files.

Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

Malke
 
You are in luck. You just need to "take ownership" of the folder being sure
to select the option to replace ownership on all subcontainers and objects
and then grant yourself full control access to the folder. The two links
below explain in more detail. As a warning for other users with XP Pro that
if the files were encrypted by EFS you probably would loose permanent access
to them doing such a reinstall but XP Home does not have EFS file encryption
capability. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418
 
FANTASTIC!! Steve and Malke, that was soooo easy. and it worked perfectly! I
am so impressed and gratelful. I am going put this site in my favorites,
right at the top.

Thanks, again.

So, now that I have all of my important files off the C disk, To improve
performance, should I reinstall XP home on the c drive and use it only for
the operating system and put all my folders on the D drive? I store a lot of
movie files.


Peter
 
peterchur said:
FANTASTIC!! Steve and Malke, that was soooo easy. and it worked
perfectly! I am so impressed and gratelful. I am going put this site
in my favorites, right at the top.

Thanks, again.

So, now that I have all of my important files off the C disk, To
improve performance, should I reinstall XP home on the c drive and use
it only for the operating system and put all my folders on the D
drive? I store a lot of movie files.
Click to expand...

I'm so glad that solved the issue for you. I appreciate that you took
the time to post back. To answer your question, it is a great idea to
install your operating system and program files on one partition and
your data on a second partition, or even a second hard drive.

As for making this "site" one of your favorites, do yourself a good turn
and access these newsgroups with a real newsreader. You'll get so much
more out of this valuable resource. Here's information to help you with
that:

Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is
really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you
learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows,
but you can use Outlook Express since you already have it. Here are
some links to information about newsgroups:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=basics.html - Basics
of Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief
explanation of newsgroups
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
working properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
crossposting

Have a Happy New Year,

Malke
 
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