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  1. April 26th, 2003, 05:14 PM #1
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    Can't access folder after reinstalling XP

    I had to reinstall XP on my computer. I did not reformat my hard drive because I had files, mp3s, pictures, etc that I had not back up on a cd rom yet. (I reinstalled because Windows lost the drivers for my CDRW and DVD ROM). After the installation was complete, I went to access the old folder that all of my files were in. All I get is an "Access is denied" something about it not being accessible. I can see the folders if I boot up the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard" I can browse the folder. The path of the folder was C:\Documents and Settings\Solo. Of course the user is me Solo. I thought I should be able to view the contents as long as I had administrative rights. What's wrong here? If I can't get access to that folder, I might as well have reformatted the whole drive. Please help. Thanks in advance.

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  2. April 26th, 2003, 05:16 PM #2
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    Can't access folder after reinstalling XP

    I had to reinstall XP on my computer. I did not reformat my hard drive because I had files, mp3s, pictures, etc that I had not back up on a cd rom yet. (I reinstalled because Windows lost the drivers for my CDRW and DVD ROM). After the installation was complete, I went to access the old folder that all of my files were in. All I get is an "Access is denied" something about it not being accessible. I can see the folders if I boot up the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard" I can browse the folder. The path of the folder was C:\Documents and Settings\Solo. Of course the user is me Solo. I thought I should be able to view the contents as long as I had administrative rights. What's wrong here? If I can't get access to that folder, I might as well have reformatted the whole drive. Please help. Thanks in advance.

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  3. April 26th, 2003, 05:43 PM #3
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    Right click the folder you want, click properties, security, advanced, owner, and take ownership of the folder and all of the subfolers.
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  5. April 26th, 2003, 05:45 PM #5
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    Double posting confuses and makes it take longer to get your question answered, just a friendly reminder
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