Unable to access desktop. Need permission / disk full message.

[Guest]

Yesterday I backed up my email and personal data using software called Simple
Backup onto 2 blank DVDs. The software came with my DVD Writer when I
purchased it. The backup was successful and I did a custom backup just
saving the personal stuff I wanted to restore.

I then reformatted the hard drive of my HP Media Center 854n and restored
all the applications, etc. with the discs that came with my pc. After that,
I downloaded all the critical updates from Microsoft and installed them all.
Now I'm running MCE 2004 and have IE 7 on my pc.

I installed Simple Backup and then from the menu chose "custom restore".
This allowed me to put the 2 dvd's in my dvd writer and chose which files I
wanted to restore. It did not, however, let me chose where to restore them
to. I had backed them up from a folder called "New Backup" that I created on
my pc's desktop prior to reformatting the hard drive. That is where the
Simple Backup software restored them to (into the same folder, "new backup").

The backup restore of the 2 dvd's was successful but as soon as it finished
I can not access my desktop icons or anything anymore. That is the only area
of the pc that it's giving me the message that the desktop is not accessible
and that I need to verify that I have sufficient rights or that the disc is
not full. I'm logged in as Administrator.

What I need to know how to do is make it so that I can access the files on
my desktop again (whether that means changing file permissions somewhere
within XP or what I don't know). After I restarted my pc, a window now pops
up telling me that it cannot access C:\documents and settings\....\desktop
and then the only desktop icon that is now visible is the one for IE 7.
Everything else works fine and is accessible on the pc.

PLEASE HELP!

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Yesterday I backed up my email and personal data using software
called Simple Backup onto 2 blank DVDs. The software came with my
DVD Writer when I purchased it. The backup was successful and I
did a custom backup just saving the personal stuff I wanted to
restore.

I then reformatted the hard drive of my HP Media Center 854n and
restored all the applications, etc. with the discs that came with
my pc. After that, I downloaded all the critical updates from
Microsoft and installed them all. Now I'm running MCE 2004 and have
IE 7 on my pc.

I installed Simple Backup and then from the menu chose "custom
restore". This allowed me to put the 2 dvd's in my dvd writer and
chose which files I wanted to restore. It did not, however, let me
chose where to restore them to. I had backed them up from a folder
called "New Backup" that I created on my pc's desktop prior to
reformatting the hard drive. That is where the Simple Backup
software restored them to (into the same folder, "new backup").

The backup restore of the 2 dvd's was successful but as soon as it
finished I can not access my desktop icons or anything anymore.
That is the only area of the pc that it's giving me the message
that the desktop is not accessible and that I need to verify that I
have sufficient rights or that the disc is not full. I'm logged in
as Administrator.

What I need to know how to do is make it so that I can access the
files on my desktop again (whether that means changing file
permissions somewhere within XP or what I don't know). After I
restarted my pc, a window now pops up telling me that it cannot
access C:\documents and settings\....\desktop and then the only
desktop icon that is now visible is the one for IE 7. Everything
else works fine and is accessible on the pc.

PLEASE HELP!

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

 

[Yves Leclerc]

When you instal Service Pack, MCE should now show up as MCE 2005.

 

[Jim]

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

The reason for this problem is that you reinstalled XP. As XP never reuses
a Security ID, when you recreated your username on the new system, you
received another Security ID. Since a username is merely an alias for the
Security ID, you are now another user and no long own the files that you
copied to backup. The way to fix it is the one that the previous poster
mentioned.

Jim