Files I need to get back...

[Gerry]

No promises here, but hold down the F8 key before system
has time to start booting and choose to boot into safe
mode. It will then give you the option to log in as
Administrator or your accout name. Choose to log in as
administrator. See if logging in as administrator will
give you access to files. I'm not sure if it will work,
but it's worth a shot. Good luck.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>
>I had a Windows XP installation go corrupt on me (try to
>boot to Windows and I get a quick blue screen before it
>reboots). After messing with it for a while I decided to
>just do a clean install on a new drive and use my
>existing drive for backup purposes.
>
>Well after the clean install I set the drive with the

bad

>installation to slave and access it to get my files from
>it. I can access it fine except that when I try to get
>into my users folder it gives me an access denied error.
>I believe it's because I marked the check box in Windows
>that says make your files private from other users.
>
>Well my question is...does anyone know of a way to get
>into that folder to get my stuff without fixing the
>corrupt XP installation?
>
>Thank you for your time and help,
>
>CB3
>.
>

[Conrad]

Thanks for the Gerry, unfortunately it didn't work I
still get the access denied message.

Does anyone know of any software that may get me around
the access restrictions set on that folder?

I do appreciate all the help...

-CB3

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Conrad;
Take Ownership to get the files back:
[url]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421[/url]

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"Conrad" <cadmastercr@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:051b01c34e55$1d924de0$a001280a@phx.gbl...

> Hello,
>
> I had a Windows XP installation go corrupt on me (try to
> boot to Windows and I get a quick blue screen before it
> reboots). After messing with it for a while I decided to
> just do a clean install on a new drive and use my
> existing drive for backup purposes.
>
> Well after the clean install I set the drive with the bad
> installation to slave and access it to get my files from
> it. I can access it fine except that when I try to get
> into my users folder it gives me an access denied error.
> I believe it's because I marked the check box in Windows
> that says make your files private from other users.
>
> Well my question is...does anyone know of a way to get
> into that folder to get my stuff without fixing the
> corrupt XP installation?
>
> Thank you for your time and help,
>
> CB3

[Jason Horsnell]

I've just had exactly that problem today!

Solved, perfect timing.

Thank very much guys....

8-))

J.