XP Crash Corrected/Reinstalled Except....

[Temprock]

I did a parallel reinstall after the crash--did not overwrite or
reformat anything--but I'm getting an "Access is Denied" message when I
try to reconnect with my (approx) 500 important WORD docs in the "old"
My Document Folder.

Everything else has been successfully reaccessed and/or reinstalled.
Searches by name of clients come up empty though I know their
correspondence was in the "old" My Documents folder.

Another possibly relevant fact: when I did the parallel reinstall of XP
I was asked to "name" my computer (it is the same old Dell Dimension)
but I gave this computer a "new" name after the reinstall than the one
used 2 years ago.

Are these Administrator/Security issues or were these most important
folder/files the ONLY one "lost" after the reinstall? Is there a way to
get these Word docs associated with everything else on the reinstalled
XP? They are the most crucial.

Thanks for any assistance.

 

[Malke]

I did a parallel reinstall after the crash--did not overwrite or
reformat anything--but I'm getting an "Access is Denied" message when
I try to reconnect with my (approx) 500 important WORD docs in the
"old" My Document Folder.

Everything else has been successfully reaccessed and/or reinstalled.
Searches by name of clients come up empty though I know their
correspondence was in the "old" My Documents folder.

Another possibly relevant fact: when I did the parallel reinstall of
XP I was asked to "name" my computer (it is the same old Dell
Dimension) but I gave this computer a "new" name after the reinstall
than the one used 2 years ago.

Are these Administrator/Security issues or were these most important
folder/files the ONLY one "lost" after the reinstall? Is there a way
to get these Word docs associated with everything else on the
reinstalled XP? They are the most crucial.

You simply need to take ownership of the files:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421 - HOW TO: Take Ownership of a
File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]

Malke