Logon password protected files

After dowloading the latest updates for windows xp my
computer wouldn't load windows. I can't even acces it
through safemode. My question is "How do I get my
daughters files from the computer when it says access
denied, because they were password protected. I installed
windows xp on my second hard drive in the same computer
and can get at all the files but can't open her file.

Unfortunately you can't easily retrieve EFS encrypted files,
unless you've prepared for this beforehead (created a password recovery
floppy).
Call a professional data recovery service or fix the system so you can logon
as admin.

--PA

"Gdjohnson@stateline-isp.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> After dowloading the latest updates for windows xp my
> computer wouldn't load windows. I can't even acces it
> through safemode. My question is "How do I get my
> daughters files from the computer when it says access
> denied, because they were password protected. I installed
> windows xp on my second hard drive in the same computer
> and can get at all the files but can't open her file.