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!!
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
Thankyou i just got my data back with all my family photos very much appreatiated :)goin to backup straight away!
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