Lost access to private folder on reinstall

[Bob]

I recently had to reinstall Windows XP on my machine (ok
ok, I get it... always do a fresh install, never an
upgrade!). I had moved my documents to a separate
partition, and set access to private. Unfortunately, I had
to reinstall because XP was so corrupted I couldn't get it
to boot even using recovery console or any of the several
safe mode options, so I couldn't reset the privacy
settings on the folder.
The fresh install works great. I reinstalled XP using the
same machine name as before and the same account name as
well. Crossed my fingers, sacrificed a fried chicken,
burned incense... but I cannot access the private folder.
Any tips on how I might be able to recover these files?

[Miha Pihler]

Hi Bob,

here are some instructions:
[url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421[/url]

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Mike
MCSA 2K, MCSE 2K, MCT, ...

"Bob" <whatshisface@whoever.com> wrote in message
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> I recently had to reinstall Windows XP on my machine (ok
> ok, I get it... always do a fresh install, never an
> upgrade!). I had moved my documents to a separate
> partition, and set access to private. Unfortunately, I had
> to reinstall because XP was so corrupted I couldn't get it
> to boot even using recovery console or any of the several
> safe mode options, so I couldn't reset the privacy
> settings on the folder.
> The fresh install works great. I reinstalled XP using the
> same machine name as before and the same account name as
> well. Crossed my fingers, sacrificed a fried chicken,
> burned incense... but I cannot access the private folder.
> Any tips on how I might be able to recover these files?