Had to use restore CD because system files were corrupted. The option to Repair would not work. I used the Setup Windows XP option. Everything went well - programs, files, etc. from previous setup. However - we can not access the old user 'John' folder under Documents and Settings. This folder has all of the email, excel files, etc. that we need to recover. The folder shows in the directory but won't allow any current identities to open it. We have even tried to do it at the dos prompt - no luck.
Thank you both so much. I forgot about taking ownership. Even if I had remembered, though, I wouldn't have known to go to safe mode. I'll give it a try tonight.
Great idea ... I'll let you know the results.
simpswr
2 Intern
•
3224 Posts
114
0
Posted August 1st, 2005 00:00
See if this Microsoft Article helps . .
wrs