Computer help: Cant retrive my data after non destructive reinstall windows

by Chris78jc - 3/2/09 9:03 AM

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Cant retrive my data after non destructive reinstall windows

by Chris78jc - 3/2/09 9:03 AM

Hi my pc started goin into what looked like the old windows 95 after booting up after a few mins everytime and nothing would work very good so i tried system recovery and it didnt respond so i decided to to do a non destuctive reinstallation of windows. so after it was all reinstalled i looked for my data when i hold my cursor over the hard drive in my computer its says total size 350 gb free space 160gb so my datas is there somewhere and in documents and settings there is two administrator folders so one i will have my data in but i cnnot access it it comes up a error access is denied. i am using windows xp any help please!!

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You get the error because you don't own the files ...

by Edward ODaniel - 3/2/09 11:21 AM In reply to: Cant retrive my data after non destructive reinstall windows by Chris78jc

Here is aq link for you to read and AFTER reading it from start to finish take the steps it indicates to take ownership of the parent folder and all sub folders and files - be sure that you select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box when appropriate.

How to take ownership of a file or a folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

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